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Summary: Learn about stretches and physical conditioning, basic moves, starting positions, stances, and professional wrestling techniques in this free instructional competitive youth wrestling video.
Matthew Moyles is a teacher and coach in the Minisink Valley Central School District. He began wrestling in the seventh grade. From the moment he stepped out onto the practice mat, he...read more
" Hi! My name is Matthew Moyles. I’m a coach here at Minisink Valley. I’m here on behalf of Expert Village and today we’re going to go over competitive wrestling. Wrestling is one of the most physically demanded in contact sports, which goes along with the fact that you should stretch out before any contact sport whether it’s football, wrestling, anything. Richard is going to demonstrate a calf stretch. It’s very important that he pulls on his laces so he gets an accurate stretch in his calves. Josh here is going to demonstrate a hurdle stretch. Here, he moves down to his bent knee to stretch out not only his calves and his quads but also his groin. Now both wrestlers are going to demonstrate a butterfly stretch. Please sit down fellows. In this stretch, they lock their feet by their soles and place their elbows inside their legs pushing their elbows inside of their legs to further stretch their groins as well as their thighs."
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donna103 said
on 4/12/2009 Hey Matthew, (PE/Health teacher back again!)once again, great idea, incorrect information on the muscle group being stretched. You mention that the muscle being stretched in the first exercise is the calf (gastrocnemius) muscle. The calf muscle is on the bottom half of the leg behind the shin. The muscle being stretched in the demonstration is the quadriceps, which is the large muscle on the top front of the leg. To stretch the calf muscle, one would step back with the leg and push the heel to the floor. This can also be done from a push up position, pushing the heel to the floor. I have a sense that you know this, but may have mis-spoke when making the video...just due to nerves. Again, a simple check on a good website will give you the accurate information that you need to make sure that you are sharing accurate information with both teachers and kids. Again, I love your professionalism in the videos, just want to adjust the facts. I hope you don't mind.