7 Signs of a Newbie Wrestler - NEVER do these! 

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The number one sign of a newbie wrestler is a wrestler that makes RU-vid videos about other wrestlers outfits

Not warming up is sketchy. They're either trash or a stud. No in between

I always gave a weak handshake on purpose. I then got my takedown in the first 10 seconds because they would think I'm a wimp. It was my perfect mind game.

This is the complete wrong mindset to have. Assuming things in a match is how you lose. Wrestle every match the same and respect every opponent.

When they strip down to their singlet 10 matches before they're up

Wearing double knee pads is actually a smart strategy. Wearing only one telegraphs your dominant shooting leg. I've seen guys wear both, it's a preference I guess.

Sure sign of a newbie wrestler is worrying so much about how you look on the mat

“Only newbies have a USA Wrestling tattoo” *Chris Weidman has entered the chat*

Trying to shake hands in between periods

The guy who awkwardly stares at you from across the gym.

Two time state champion here. I always wore two knee sleeves to combat mat burn. I think you guys are worrying about looks too much. Most of the multi title winners did not look like your typical wrestling prototype. Jason Nolf looks like a noodle and he’s one of the baddest dudes to ever walk on a mat (3 NCAA titles).

I always did the weak handshake. It's always nice to give someone a false sense of hope. It makes crushing their dreams that much better.

Fish handshakes are the best way to finesse your opponent tbh

His stance says a lot about him. And what he's doing right before his match.

For sale: One gently used kneepad, one pair Matflex shoes (like new in front!), one Tornado headgear, 5-pack of ankle socks.

I wore double new pads and went 21-0

" Im gonna blast double this kid into another dimension" Im dead hahahaha thats hilarious!

As a college wrestler you gotta know alot of this stuff matters NONE😂

*pulls singlet down to hide ringworm*

None of this matters in the long run. Never underestimate your opponent. Some months ago I was in a high school wrestling tournament, and, even though I was holding up, the guy was slightly better than me. During the second period, after a short scramble, he put me on my back, but I managed to roll him over to his back, immediately after he did that too, but the momentum helped me roll him on his back, I ran my feet towards his head, and I secured the pin, almost out of the mat

U would have thought ben askren was horrible by looking at him

I hope some of the real great wresters out there watch this video and start wearing the newbie stuff and continue kicking the shit out everyone.

#1 sign... he has on a loose/baggy singlet..

On my old team, we always treated the newbie wrestlers like Marine Corps recruits. Upon officially initiating them into the brotherhood, we educated them on wrestling etiquette and informal traditions.

Bo Nickal spend more time pulling his singlet down than he does pinning top opponents

Noobs don't cheer for their teammates

Me losing to a kid with double knee pads at nationals

shouldn't really judge your opponents, doesn't matter what their doing lmao

Tornado headgear with the football soft cup chinstrap ✋

Expect every match to be challenging and required for you to not hold back in order to win

In middle school I once woke up five minutes before the match and still won

You forgot about the original black and white Asics shoes 😂😂

No lie I had a teammate who was tall lanky pasty white had a bowl haircut always wore ankle socks and matflexs had the leg parts of his singlet pulled down and always wore a plain zip up jacket during warmups but he was a damn stud and spladled half the people he wrestled

You forgot MATFLEX SHOES!!!

In defense of double kneepads, some people (myself included) really do need them. I would shot leading with either leg and the issue wasn't the mat burn. The problem was the impact. I had chronic runner's knee for years before I even stepped on the mat, then after just the first month of practices I could shoot more than a handful of times without immense pain. While I could have just focused on one side during a match, that was a no-go during practice since we all had to drill with both legs.

Good stretch, little warm up to conserve energy. I think it's all about the mental game as well. I wear a rainbow singlet with a Blue Smurf in the center. And I'm usually smiling before my match. I'll give him the fish hand in the handshake to throw him off. Then finish with the lateral and 7 Seconds.

#1 Stevan Micic wears double knee pads

Wearing just shorts/sweatpants over their STRAPPED UP singlet...I hate looking at that

NCAA National Champ Charles Jones of Purdue told me he always shook his oppenents hands "like a bitch". No one is going to blast double this guy into another dimension.

Most of these are not true, you just have to wrestle every match the same no matter how the kid looks

Kyle Dake rocked the tornadoes lol

I use a weak handshake to throw people off

I wear double knee pads And I just won states

I have new found respect for my coach for going through all the stuff you shouldn’t do. I would have done everything you just said if he had not.

Right when I was about to buy a second knee pad

When seabass wears double kneepads and beats Spencer lee

The Tornado is good for new wrestlers because of how well you can hear. I don't think you can beat it on it's audio reception capabilities.

Double kneepads doesn’t have a sign of beginner net because the two best players on our team does double knee pads

i don't understand the hate on double knee pads

Damn I'm a victim of the ankle socks 😂💀

My partner had tornado headgear and my parents kept wondering why I was coming home with cuts on my forehead

Screw off, I'm a state player with double knee pads

David Taylor wore double knee pads 🤦‍♂️

- matflexes - crossing the head gear straps in the back - uni brow head gear in the front - their stance or movement - not wearing a chin cup

I've always worn double kneepads since I was a little kid lol still do to this day

Just did my first drunk wrestling match with my friend. I had no idea what i was doing so my strategy was just use strength to over power. It worked for a little bit but he had technique from experience, and the just got me in the end since I didn’t know what I was doing or what I was trying to do.

Yelling for their teammate to do a top move while their still in neutral 😂

“Tornado headgear” it’s headgear lol get over it doesent effect ur wrestling to much

My HS wrestling coach told me to shake with a weak grip at the beginning of the match all the time. I caught a lot of my opponents off guard. Tight grip afterwards win or lose.

I wore ankle socks because I don’t have money

I know a two timer who wears a tornado headgear

Thx for the tips I start wrestling tomorrow

I wrestled for four years and all four years i was 100% a newbie. I honestly enjoyed doing it and personally didn't car too much about winning. I didn't get a win until my second to last match and it was just becausr the guy i wrestled was even more of a newbie. I did like 3 of the things on this list. Ankle socks(not all the time but occasionally) singlet as low as i could although not ever lower than my knees and I didn't warm up too much i mean i would warm up before with my team and for a match or two before me but not much more than that. I can say i had a good handshake though

Trying to start neutral when you’re down

This is for a bit later in the match but if they have a week tie and let you get inside control easily you know that you can shoot a double leg and then Turk and you're out of the match in seconds

Remember guys these are only opinions

If you see an earlier match and he’s forgetting o shake the coaches hand

i wish you would’ve made this channel when i started my freshman year of wrestling! haha, your channel will definitely get bigger over time:))

Wish I would've known this before i started this year

I got a kliff Keen singlet (L) at 5'11 175lbs that still comes all the way down to my knees. I have this dilema where I'm to tall for a medium but to light for a large. It's weird.

I will admit that I do wear double knee pads but I started around 7th grade because at the time I also was A hockey goalie so I was on my knees up and down all the time and it just became a huge problem for me with the pain. Yes I know there’s a whole saying of power through it but the knee pads would prevent may burn, And kinda once I started I felt no reason to go back, I can wrestle without any past today and do occasionally but it always hurts a bit more after practice.

Getting Takendown + pinned by a headlock

Kyle Dake wore tornado headgear too I think he was also a double knee pad at times

I used to yank my singlet down when I first started cause I was used to long basketball shorts since middle school. Then I actually just let it go high cause I saw my favorite Stanford wrestlers in hs wearing it high. The high look just started looking more badass. In terms of warm ups, I need my neck stretches at the very least, or else imma be sore af. I used asics headgear in hs. It was Velcro and cheap from big 5 but it wasn't the old school model. But it was comfortable for everyday practice. I needed double knee pads tho. I shoot with my left but also i tore my ACL on my right leg. Before surgery, it was there to defend my leg. After, it was there to hide the surgery scar cause any injuries are green lights for dirty wrestlers.

What is funny is these are all true most of the time. But if you know that, you can use this to play mind games with your opponents. I wore two knee pads, always. I would sometimes wear ankle socks, soccer socks, high socks, or no show socks. At tournaments I would rarely warm up.I would usually sit next to my opponent while they were warming up and I would try to look as disinterested in wrestling as humanly possible. I won the vast majority of my matches. They think you're trash until your first match, then after you trounce some known guy, you can only mess with newbs who you were going to brutalize anyway. You do this at one tournament and you become known, immediately. Especially if you consistently take home hardware.

Just found this channel and I absolutely love it, keep up the good content

When the ref has to show them wear to position on top

Hitting you with kicks & hand strikes got to be a newbie move.

U forgot when the opponent moves away from u right away like it's his first match (which it might be)

one you missed is; a wrestler that worries about how they look. A good wrestler doesn't care about socks or headgear or sizing up opponents on how they look. I had to ban kids from that sort of behavior when I coached. They would talk amongst themselves about who beat who and were always looking at the bracket to figure out who they might wrestle next. That s@*+ shouldn't matter.

I wrestled with tornado headgear and went to masters so🤷🏾‍♂️

the low singlet and double knee pad ones are so on point LOL

I do a weak handshake to make my opponent think im weak then i pin them

First off, double kneepads. I wrestled for 7 years and always wore them. I was ranked top 10 in western New York my senior year so I will have to disagree with this one. Also just throwing Michael K in there supports my argument. Good content tho guys much respect.

“How many years have you’ve been wrestling?”

Member of the Tornado posse here 💪 More comfortable and you’re able to hear the coaches a lot better. Vito also rocks rocks them

I know this video is 2-3 years old at this point, but I LOVE this topic. The "Weak Handshake", at least for me, was always a tell tale sign that you're about to destroy this kid standing in front of you. I remember I shook one kids hand my 8th grade season and almost literally crushed it. BUT, I do have one disagreement with you're list. The "Double Knee Pads" I was a double knee pads guy, Jr High all the through my Senior season of high school. Now I wasn't a State Place Winner caliber wrestler, but I wasn't a push over by no means and I rocked the double knee pads basically because they kept my knees from getting mat burn and I felt I was able to slide into my double and single leg attempts more quickly and smoothly. I never thought wearing double knee pads made a guy look goofy, but maybe when my back was turned everyone was pointing and laughing 😂, who knows. Great video and topic guys!

My brother Ed, who wrestled for Canon Mac in the 60s, would give the fish handshake once or twice a season to an opponent he never saw before. He would act wimpy, then hit the guy with a blast double when the whistle blew. The surprised look on the opponent was always comical. So beware - the newbie action may be a psych job. good stuff guys

When you get asked if you are their opponent.

I use the Tornado headgear because that’s the one I got in 7th grade and I’ve been using it ever since. I’m in 10th grade now and I still use it. The headgear you wear doesn’t mean jack shit. A real way to spot a newbie is his stance before the match begins and how he warms up

Ive not wrestled but jad judo jujitsu comps and it was the guys messn w there belts and gi all the time lol good stuff guys good work!

So what you’re saying is do ALL of these things and mess with your opponent 😂

Someone with ASICS matflex shoes or black and white adidas hvc’s (even though I always wrestle HVC)

Much love from Albuquerque New Mexico!

I wear double kneepads and I took 4th at Illinois state this year

Dude I’m a beginner and I don’t do any of these lol

Lol my first year I would always “flex” my flabby noodle arms after a win thinking i was cool😂

4:11 Love that line 😂

I did weak handshakes to make them super confident and careless. Makes it easier for me.