National Development Program
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Starting With the End First
Characteristics of a Podium Prepared Wrestler Physical
Mental
• Superior Technique • Winning and Creative Strategies • Tactical Skills • Feel • Mat and spatial awareness • Flexibility • Speed • Balance • Strength • Endurance • Agility • Conditioning
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Tactical • • • • • • •
Fast start, strong finish Ability to control weight control Competition Environment Exceptional Strategies and Tactics Scouting and film program Ability to scout opponents & countries successfully • Wrestler buy inPassion
The will to win Confidence Passion Belief in self Mental Preparation Mental Toughness Self management Self discipline
Life Skills • • • • •
Alcohol, diet, sleep Attitude, the way you treat other people Eat right, sleep right, live right Respecting leadership and others Ability to control weight control
How do you get there...
Development
National Talent Development Program Goal
To create & develop the worlds best national talent development wrestling program located at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. - Regaining Americas Position in the World wrestling stage
Motivation U.S Wrestling Status
Facts • Below average results • Talent lost through folk-style Wrestling and MMA avenues • Domestic focus only. Lack of Olympic Dream • Unequal international opportunities • Marginal Olympic impact
Objectives
Program
Develop • Controlled & Focused Talent Development Wrestling Plan • Enhanced Academic progression • International exposure • Better use of national resources • Develop excellent identification career prospects for elite athletes • Increase medal count
Best Practices Worlds best performing programs
Programs
Key elements of success
• Developed over the past 60 year the best wrestling talent development programs in the world – Always top team at World & Olympic level – Based on a talent identification model – Selection process based on gymnastic and swimming skills and each sports requirements
• Manage the best talent program in the Americas – Small number of participants but high yield results, constant ranked within the top 5 world teams – Talent is identified and moved together for training at 14-15 years of age
• Established talent development program for national team members, recruiting at 15 years old – Integrated to national teams schedule, located at Ann Arbor, MI – Partnership with 9 Universities in the US, strong mentorship program
• The best talent development program in the U.S. – Strong grassroots engagement at identification and selection process – Impressive result at Olympic and international competitions, high impact on sport overall
USA Wrestling Pipeline Olympic World Medalist
Olympic Training Center Based System
School Based System
National Team
Talent Identification System
Educational Based System
National Clubs NYAC
Sunkist WC
Titan Mercury WC
The Untouchables WC
Regional Training Centers
U.S. Olympic
Ohio RTC Cyclone WC
Training Center Senior Residents National Development Team
Hawkeye WC
Michigan RTC Cowboy WC Minnesota
Nebraska RTC Nittany Lion RTC
LVAC Wyoming RTC
Central Michigan
Finger Lakes WC
Competition Based Model Mass Production Winning Advancement System College / University
Talent identification model
Spring, Summer, Fall Freestyle programming
High School Junior High
Effective use of funding
Elementary
Grassroots (275,000 Active Athletes Annually)
Current - USA Competition Based Model Progression Levels
Olympic Champion
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Olympic • Marginal representation • Re-training skills, non equal opportunities on the international stage National
National Level
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Limited Impact Improvement
• Financial issues & other priorities • Lack of focus, collegiate model aspirations • Non international experience
3 Developmental Level
Regional • Relearning technique & tactics • Hard to adapt Olympic Styles
State
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• Narrow scope beyond high school • Follow folk-style, high school competition
Grassroots Level
Grassroots events
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• Random Selection • Based on Culture and availability • Folk-style Model
Semi - Controlled Process
Peak Age for Olympic Medal Performance Peak%Age - from 1992 to present 60
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Number%of%Medals%Won
Number of Medals Won
50
World 30
20
USA
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- Talent Identification Program - National Development Team at Olympic Training Center
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Age
26
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- Living the Dream Medal Age
Fund - Olympic Medalist Contract
32
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Future Talent Identification Based Model
National Talent Identification & Development Program Model Olympic Level
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• Excellent representation • Equal opportunities Internationally National Team
Lasting Impact
• No Financial issues & other priorities • Easy transition from Development to senior level
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• Strong international experience • Career Opportunities
USA Wrestling
• Freestyle Based Skills
Talent Identification & Selection Process
National Talent Development Program
Selection Process
Criteria
Physiological
Physiological
Motor performance
Motor performance
Health & Nutrition
Health & Nutrition
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4 Skills
Skills
Coaches feedback
Coaches feedback
Wrestling
Talent Identified
Grassroots
Elite Training International Competition - Controlled Process
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Academic Counseling Education Olympic Education Olympic Training Center
Academic Skills
Test performance
Life Host Family Program
- Efficient Use of Resources - Scholarship Based Program
Case Study - Henry Cejudo 2008 Olympic Champion
Key elements of success
Early Age Recruitment
Talent Identification • Dominated High School state championship • Invitation by Olympic Development Coach to train at Olympic training center • Moved to U.S. Olympic Training Center at 16 years old
Immediate international style exposure
Elite Coaching, Developed International Aspiration • Learning international style wrestling at early age • Exposed to top US and Russian coaches • Wrestling partners with international experience • Early travel to international competitions
Olympic residents program
Safe and focused environment • Room and Board Provided U.S.O.T.C • Constantly surrounded by Olympic level athletes
Youngest Olympic Wrestling Gold Medalist
Result • Strong Media exposure • Positioned for multiple World and Olympic medals • Created contacts with fortune 500 companies • Developed strong personal portfolio
Henry Cejudo
Fast Facts USA Wrestling’s National Development Team at the US Olympic Training Center
United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is governed under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, • As a NOC, the Committee supports American athletes in general and Olympic & Junior athletes in specific. • The USOC operates Olympic Training Centers at which aspiring Olympians prepare for international competition: The main facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado • It receives no financial assistance from the U.S. government. As a non-profit organization, the USOC is wholly dependent on private contributions and corporate sponsorship • The USOC is the only National Olympic Committee in the world that is not government funded • The U. S. Freestyle Wrestling Team finished 3rd in the World championships and 2012 Olympics Games, just one victory from winning the overall team title both years. • The USA Wrestling has only won one Junior & one Cadet World Championships Pat Downey & Zain Retherford • In 2011, The USOC & USA Wrestling launched the National Development Team at the US Olympic Training Center.
Our Team
National Development Program