NOTES FROM PRESS ROW IN FARGO, Friday, July 25
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Kolat.com puts videos of Cary Kolat's knowledge on the web
By Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
http://www.themat.com
One of the coaches of Team Maryland at the Cadet and Junior Nationals is Cary Kolat, a 2000 Olympian who is considered a master of techniques in freestyle wrestling. Kolat runs a wrestling club in Maryland and has been working with many of the top young talents in the region. After taking a number of years off from competition, Kolat has returned to the mats, and recently competed in the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.
If you talk with Cary, he will tell you how excited he is about a new project he has developed. He has designed a website that has a ton of technique and instruction for wrestling which can be used to help coach the sport.
The website is appropriately entitled:
http://www.Kolat.com
"I had an idea to build a website so people can learn to wrestle. Everything is done in progression. There are 1,000 clips, all between 45 second to a minute and a half. We are adding 20-30 clips every month. It is technique-based and can be searched by index," explains Kolat.
Kolat is very excited that the website can be used by coaches to build practice, and can be place in sequence for specific teaching needs.
"I have been teaching kids for five years," said Kolat. "I am dealing with dads and coaches. I had been putting stuff up on U-Tube. I wanted to build a site where you can learn."
On the project, he worked with long-time wrestling star John Giura and other technical experts. Kolat spent 7 months creating the website, which has almost 15 hours of actual footage. NCAA champion Greg Jones was also featured in some of the technique clips, and Kolat provides an entire section with his personal observations on the sport and technique.
"I didn't realize how much time it would take to do it and to do it right," said Kolat.
Wrestlers, coaches and families can now work with Cary Kolat right on their home computers. Kolat believes that this is the future of the sport and is taking pride in his effort to reach out and make a difference.
"Sweet Home, Alabama" not so much for opponents
By Rob Sherrill, W.I.N. High School Editor
www.win-magazine.com
Alabama wrestling… well, the way it used to be: "Insert punch line here."
No longer.
Sweet Home, Alabama already has taken home four All-America finishes in the first three tournaments this week here in the Fargodome.
In the first 15 years the Cadet and Junior Nationals were held here, Alabama produced a grand total of five All-Americans…and had more than one in a season only once.
Twins Chase and Kyle Cuthbertson of Scottsboro High, who both finished their careers as five-time state champions, are Fargo veterans. Chase is a former Cadet National placewinner and Kyle is still alive in the Junior tournament at 171.
"It definitely encourages a lot of guys to come out and try this," Chase Cuthbertson said.
They've influenced others to follow their lead, too.
This year, Tanner Moon, a state runnerup from Birmingham Oak Mountain High, was a double Cadet All-American at 98 pounds, and reached the Greco-Roman finals. Robert Dyar of Vestavia Hills High placed for the second straight year in the Junior Greco-Roman and teammate Henry Carlson was fourth in the Cadet freestyle at 125.
Not exactly a step backward for Carlson and his older brother, Marty, products of the Great Bridge program in Virginia before moving to Alabama a summer ago.
All have also been products of the Birmingham-based Alabama Wrestling Club, which has over 50 members.
"When you have four All-Americans this year compared to five before this year, absolutely, that's a big deal," said AWC head coach Rod Gaddy, also the state's USA Wrestling state chairman.
"There's no secret to this. It's hard work. We've had kids who are committed to getting better. We've brought in some great clinicians to work with our kids. We had a training camp for the regional, and we trained 3½ weeks before we came here."
Three months ago, Gaddy made a significant addition to his coaching staff: Damir Zakhartdinov, who once finished fourth in the Olympics for Uzbekistan.
"He's already made a difference," Gaddy said. "He's been great with the kids."
By Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
http://www.themat.com
One of the coaches of Team Maryland at the Cadet and Junior Nationals is Cary Kolat, a 2000 Olympian who is considered a master of techniques in freestyle wrestling. Kolat runs a wrestling club in Maryland and has been working with many of the top young talents in the region. After taking a number of years off from competition, Kolat has returned to the mats, and recently competed in the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.
If you talk with Cary, he will tell you how excited he is about a new project he has developed. He has designed a website that has a ton of technique and instruction for wrestling which can be used to help coach the sport.
The website is appropriately entitled:
http://www.Kolat.com
"I had an idea to build a website so people can learn to wrestle. Everything is done in progression. There are 1,000 clips, all between 45 second to a minute and a half. We are adding 20-30 clips every month. It is technique-based and can be searched by index," explains Kolat.
Kolat is very excited that the website can be used by coaches to build practice, and can be place in sequence for specific teaching needs.
"I have been teaching kids for five years," said Kolat. "I am dealing with dads and coaches. I had been putting stuff up on U-Tube. I wanted to build a site where you can learn."
On the project, he worked with long-time wrestling star John Giura and other technical experts. Kolat spent 7 months creating the website, which has almost 15 hours of actual footage. NCAA champion Greg Jones was also featured in some of the technique clips, and Kolat provides an entire section with his personal observations on the sport and technique.
"I didn't realize how much time it would take to do it and to do it right," said Kolat.
Wrestlers, coaches and families can now work with Cary Kolat right on their home computers. Kolat believes that this is the future of the sport and is taking pride in his effort to reach out and make a difference.
"Sweet Home, Alabama" not so much for opponents
By Rob Sherrill, W.I.N. High School Editor
www.win-magazine.com
Alabama wrestling… well, the way it used to be: "Insert punch line here."
No longer.
Sweet Home, Alabama already has taken home four All-America finishes in the first three tournaments this week here in the Fargodome.
In the first 15 years the Cadet and Junior Nationals were held here, Alabama produced a grand total of five All-Americans…and had more than one in a season only once.
Twins Chase and Kyle Cuthbertson of Scottsboro High, who both finished their careers as five-time state champions, are Fargo veterans. Chase is a former Cadet National placewinner and Kyle is still alive in the Junior tournament at 171.
"It definitely encourages a lot of guys to come out and try this," Chase Cuthbertson said.
They've influenced others to follow their lead, too.
This year, Tanner Moon, a state runnerup from Birmingham Oak Mountain High, was a double Cadet All-American at 98 pounds, and reached the Greco-Roman finals. Robert Dyar of Vestavia Hills High placed for the second straight year in the Junior Greco-Roman and teammate Henry Carlson was fourth in the Cadet freestyle at 125.
Not exactly a step backward for Carlson and his older brother, Marty, products of the Great Bridge program in Virginia before moving to Alabama a summer ago.
All have also been products of the Birmingham-based Alabama Wrestling Club, which has over 50 members.
"When you have four All-Americans this year compared to five before this year, absolutely, that's a big deal," said AWC head coach Rod Gaddy, also the state's USA Wrestling state chairman.
"There's no secret to this. It's hard work. We've had kids who are committed to getting better. We've brought in some great clinicians to work with our kids. We had a training camp for the regional, and we trained 3½ weeks before we came here."
Three months ago, Gaddy made a significant addition to his coaching staff: Damir Zakhartdinov, who once finished fourth in the Olympics for Uzbekistan.
"He's already made a difference," Gaddy said. "He's been great with the kids."
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