Soviet Sports Training with World and Olympic Coach Valentin Kalika

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0:42 - Soviet coaches must have a coaching degree with the same curriculum
4:05 - kids had to pass gymnastic, bodyweight exercise, bridging tests
5:15 - first year, 40% of the practice should be gymnastics and wrestling related gymnastics
7:52 - the importance of a system/curriculum
12:30- importance of standardized terminology
14:45 - you must know all the moves; not necessarily use them all
18:41 - Coach makes the athletes, not the other way around
19:59 - athlete-coach relationship is different; staying with the same coach
23:24- learn gymnastics before wrestling
25:19 - bridging
27:43 - teach duck under first
30:43- wouldn’t recommend teaching penetration step right away
31:27- not good long term to be on knees
32:05 - throws
33:48 - first few years defense
36:22 - first few years teach kids everything; learn A-B-C’s of wrestling
42:20 - down block to shot; one hand inside at all times
45:00 - I told Aaron Pico not to sprawl; always pressure forward
46:26 - creating pressure and establishing contact first
48:11 - throwing rocks and bungis (bands)

[@Mike-pp6be]

Thank you for this. Great interview, I really liked the truths he focuses on.

[@ZEvenEsh]

Gene, awesome conversation, thank you for making it happen with Valentin, I’ve been reading about this stuff for over 25 years, my dad grew up in Romania in the 60s and he experienced the same upbringing when it came to sport and physical preparation, it’s crazy, how in America we refuse to implement the style of training with the younger generation

[@ethanreeve9823]

In all of my 44 years of wrestling coaching and strength coaching my athletes, of every sport, would do tumbling and gymnastics training in athletic warmup.

[@jwood1658]

A transcript of this conversation would be fantastic -- not because he's difficult to understand (he's not), but because it's so content-rich.