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Podcast: Wrestling Mindset
Episode:

Drill to Build Confidence with Eleazar De Luca

Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:38:59
Publish Date: 2025-11-24 14:00:00
Description:

Gene Zannetti talks with Dragon Wrestling Club founder Eleazar De Luca about why cutting weight is overrated, how confidence comes from drilling proper technique, and teaching wrestlers to shoot to positions of strength instead of uncertainty.


Timestamps:

2:40 - High school wrestlers focus on the wrong things

3:38 - Learning from his own mistakes

7:16 - Soviet Union model: one coach for life

10:36 - Drilling proper technique and chain wrestling

12:23 - Teaching proper vs improper wrestling positions

17:00 - Confidence is brought by the drill

20:10 - Competition frequency recommendations

27:04 - USA Wrestling's systematic approach



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