Let 3-Time NCAA Qualifier and All-American Travis Rutt upgrade your defensive toolbox and help you shut down good positioning.

Stop even the most aggressive wrestling attacks and turn their offense into opportunity.

Good positioning wins at every level and EVERY wrestler must have the tools to dismantle good positions to regain the upper hand.

Take a master-class on dismantling and shutting down good positioning with University of Wisconsin All-American Travis Rutt. Good positioning wins at every level of wrestling and the ability to deconstruct these positions is paramount to stopping your opponent from scoring and creating your own opportunities for offense! Rutt will share the secrets of his game to help you create a more dependable set of defensive tools so that you can stop even the most aggressive attacks and prevent match ending points, using elite level strategies and techniques.

Recognize more threats and defend high percentage takedowns as you develop a complete defensive gameplan to help safeguard you from getting scored on. You'll master the first lines of defense, as Rutt explains multiple good positions and how to manage them. You'll cover common mistakes when defending, single legs, double legs, and high crotch attempts, and work through multiple scenarios that frustrate and keep us from firing off good offense so you can turn the tables and create new opportunities to score!

Don't let your opponent's good positioning be the end of the match. Learn the intricacies of dismantling the best positions in wrestling and develop a game plan that helps you respond accordingly! This series is dedicated to some of the more “unseen” middleground of wrestling and Rutt will dole out game changing techniques to help you become a more well-prepared wrestler that's equipped to handle high level attacks! 

SO, WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU GET?

PART 1

INTRO

BASIC POSITIONING

SHOOTING ON FAKES

RE-SHOTS

DOWN BLOCK GO BEHINDS

FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE DRILLS

SINGLE LEG POSITION

SINGLE LEG DEFENSE FROM STANDING POSITION

COMMON MISTAKES FROM SINGLE LEG DEFENSE

PART 2

OFFENSIVE HIGH C POSITION

HIGH C DEFENSE ON THE FEET

COMMON MISTAKES FROM HIGH C DEFENSE

GOOD DOUBLE LEG POSITION

DOUBLE LEG DEFENSE ON THE FEET

COMMON ERRORS FROM DOUBLE LEG DEFENSE

LIVE DEFENSIVE SCENARIOS

SLIDING OFF

FRONT HEAD OFFENSE FROM FEET

GOOD CRACKDOWN FROM FEET

GOOD CRACKDOWN POSITION

CRACKDOWN DEFENSE

SINGLE LEG POSITION FROM THE MAT

PART 3

DEFENSE WHEN YOU CAN'T BREAK THE LOCK

ANKLE SLIDE GO BEHIND

ANKLE SLIDE TURK/CRADLES

SHIN WHIZZER

SHIN WHIZZER DEFENSE

HEAD PINCH FROM SEATED

HEAD PINCH FROM FEET

LOCK DOWN DEFENSE

OUTRO