How to out-wrestle somebody bigger and stronger than you?

[devon9]

Hey! I’m very new to wrestling, and recently we were going live and I went up against a guy who was much bigger and stronger than me. Usually I’m able to hold my own, but it felt like this guy just ragdolled me. I was wondering if any of you have any strategies that assist in dealing with an opponent who has a size advantage? Please let me know, thanks!
 

[devon9]

On 7/15/2023 at 12:51 PM, devon9 said:

Hey! I’m very new to wrestling, and recently we were going live and I went up against a guy who was much bigger and stronger than me. Usually I’m able to hold my own, but it felt like this guy just ragdolled me. I was wondering if any of you have any strategies  https://100001.onl/ that assist in dealing with an opponent who has a size advantage? Please let me know, thanks!

I got this,..

[rideOut]

Hit the weight room... jk, don't worry about weight lifting until you at least get to high school.

There are weight classes for a reason, most of the people you will wrestle against in competition will be the same weight have relatively the same strength so you shouldn't get ragdolled. But in practice its ok to push yourself to wrestle bigger and stronger opponents. Just make sure you work on the fundamentals and don't get discouraged by losing to someone bigger than you during practice, that has happened to everyone that has stepped foot on a high school wrestling mat.

As for strategies to deal with strength, you could counter strength with technique and speed, but really it depends on how much stronger he is than you, there is only so much you can do against someone that is that much stronger and again that goes back to fair competition and not getting discouraged. Good luck.

Edited July 25, 2023 by rideOut

[Davey148]

try 5 on 2 method