Webinar

Webinar Schedule for June 29-July 3

By United World Wrestling Press

Below is the webinar schedule for the next week (29 June – 3 July). There are many webinars available and for all wrestling groups.  We would like to highlight a few webinars for this week. 

The Referee Commission will be hosting 2 webinars on passivity in all styles of wrestling.

Coach Joe Russell from the USA Wrestling FS Staff will be hosting a webinar on Match Strategies.

The Athlete Commission will be hosting their 2nd online conference.

Schedule for the Week (29 June – 3 July)
Title:  Passivity & Activity Time (FS/WW)
Date:  29 June
Time:  14:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Prof. Dr. Ibrahim CICIOGLU & Norovard ARUSTAMYAN
Language:  English
Target Audience: National & International Referees and Coaches
Zoom link:  https://zoom.us/j/93356385005

Title:  Use of Discovery Games & Gamification
Date:  30 June
Time:  14:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Vincent AKA
Language:  French
Target Audience:  Introductory Coaches
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94130136731

Title:  Match Strategies
Date:  30 JuneTime:  16:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Joe RUSSELL – USA Wrestling FS Assistant Coach
Language:  English
Target Audience:  National Team Coaches
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95873671201

Title:  UWW Athlete Commission Online Conference II
Date:  1 July
Time:  14:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Athlete Commission
Language:  English
Target Audience:  Athletes and Coaches
Zoom link:  https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xgENWc6rQOWqfKD23ARAsw

Title:  Referee Mechanics
Date:  1 July
Time:  16:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Zach ERRETT
Language:  English
Target Audience:  National & International Referees
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91106323256

Title:  Use of Discovery Games & Gamification
Date:  2 July
Time:  14:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Zach ERRETT
Language:  English
Target Audience:  Introductory Coaches
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99587675758

Title:  Passivity & Par Terre Position (GR)
Date:  2 July
Time:  15:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Antonio SILVESTRI & Carlos GARCIA
Language:  English
Target Audience:  National & International Referees and Coaches
Zoom link:  https://zoom.us/j/94207549637

Title:  Referee Mechanics
Date:  3 July
Time:  17:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Carlos GARCIA
Language:  French
Target Audience:  National & International Referees
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91722502388

Should you have any questions, please contact Zach Errett, UWW Education Manager, at zach.errett@unitedworldwrestling.org.

 

#WrestleZagreb

WATCH: 10 Zagreb Open freestyle finals

By Eric Olanowski

ZAGREB, Croatia (February 8) -- The first Ranking Series event of the season, the Zagreb Open, just wrapped up in the Croatian capital. Wrestlers used the point-based competition to earn points towards their seeds at the five Continental Championships and Belgrade World Championships.

The United States topped the team standings with 174 points, while Iran and Azerbaijan rounded out the top three.

The Stars and Stripes had wrestlers win medals in seven of ten weight classes--including gold-medal performances from Alec William PANTALEO (USA)Jason Michael NOLF (USA)Kollin Raymond MOORE (USA) and Kyle Frederick SNYDER (USA) at 70kg, 74kg, 92kg and 97kg, respectively.

Iran finished in second place with 140 points, 34 points behind the United States, thanks to bracket winners Reza Ahmadali ATRINAGHARCHI (IRI)Ali Bakhtiar SAVADKOUHI (IRI),  Hassan Aliazam YAZDANICHARATI (IRI) and Amir Hossein Abbas ZARE (IRI).

Aliabbas RZAZADE (AZE) won gold at 57kg and helped Azerbaijan close out the competition in the third position. They had seven medalists--one gold, two silver and four bronze medals--and finished with 135 points.

Here are the 10 freestyle finals from Zagreb.

57kg Aliabbas RZAZADE (AZE) df. Yuto NISHIUCHI (JPN), 2-0