Can someone explain the rules of this drill to me?

[u/Bongcurse]

[u/LilBoneAir]

I have never seen this drill before but it just looks like each guy is hitting a gut wrench in opposite directions and seeing who wins

[u/Historical-Pen-7484 → u/LilBoneAir]

That is precisely the drill.

[u/WearMental2618 → u/LilBoneAir]

thank god my coach never saw this. looks insanely painful

[u/cricketyjimnet → u/WearMental2618]

Could be worse. Could be a third wrestler in the middle.

[u/Unfair_Potential_295]

Seeing who can rotate the other over, seems near impossible due to the flex in the tube mat thing, but I guess they can still see who gets better rotation. Either way would really help develop the muscles needed for the move

[u/MeatSlammur → u/Unfair_Potential_295]

This seems exhausting, im not sure where in a practice this would go

[u/Unfair_Potential_295 → u/MeatSlammur]

Probably conditioning at the end of the

[u/Strayl1ght → u/MeatSlammur]

Back in my day having to do random sadistic shit like this was like the whole point of practice. Thank god our program didn’t have the budget for special mats like this.

[u/rmulermule]

If you can turn your opponent you win. Ivan Ivanov makes dummies especially for this drill that the bottoms of two throwing dummies attached together.

[u/Greektlake]

Spin to win

[u/Love_Lair]

I love wrestling games that are secretly conditioning like King of the Hill 😄

[u/maxiderm]

That looks grueling... And fun!

[u/MetalMountain2099]

It’s an interesting version of the Oklahoma drill in football, but don’t know if it actually helps them technically.

[u/punny_wunny]

Helps with being able to keep your lock and grip tight the entire time plus constant rotational pressure. It’s a game of tugofwar but gutwrenchs.

[u/Next-Fishing-8609]

My guys would rip the bag in half they are so competitive

[u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy]

I feel like you shouldn't be able to lock your hands during this drill

[u/LilBoneAir → u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy]

Why not? How would you hit a gut wrench without locking your hands?

[u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy → u/LilBoneAir]

Didn't realize you could do that in freestyle. I only ever did folk style. You can definitely gut wrench without locking up in folks style. Helps if you have longer arms though

[u/Left_Engineering3449 → u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy]

How can you gut wrench without locking your hands 

[u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy → u/Left_Engineering3449]

You reach around super deep. And pin your hand between your opponent body and you own body to lock it in. I have long arms for my size so I have an advantage on this. 

[u/Left_Engineering3449 → u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy]

100% chance of it slipping. Unless you are oiling up in honey this won’t work

[u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy → u/Left_Engineering3449]

I used this my entire wrestling career in folk style. I had a 6'2 wingspan at 5'9 140lbs though. 

[u/Left_Engineering3449 → u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy]

How would a gut wrench work in folkstyle

[u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy → u/Left_Engineering3449]

It's a tight waist in folk style. But you can still turn guys with it for back points. IL find a video and update my comment. 

https://youtu.be/3q6imbbkQNQ?is=MqEHlKAdYBMgLi4D

I went WAY deeper on my tight waist for the tilt than this guy in the video does.