3 day training camp at Tony Purler’s Home Training Center in Holt, Mo.
When: Oct 12-14
What: Oct 12-14 3 day throw down competition camp. This is the 7th year of
existence for this camp. It’s a great tune up camp to prepare for Pre
Season Nationals, the Super 32, and the Fall Brawl.
When: Oct 12-14th
Where: Tony Purler’s training facility. 7710 Se Moore Dr,Holt Mo. 64048.
Who: Ages 9-18. Advanced wrestlers, year round type wrestlers. This is not
a camp for novice athletes. Expect many great wrestlers to attend once
again. (I typically get great kids from the Midwestern states, as well as
TX, Fla, Wash state, etc.)
CURRENTLY I already have 21 kids registered, with 3 being from Mo and 1 from KS. With the cost of travel for many of these out of state wrestlers, I'm hopeful to see more that live close by take advantage of this monthly camp series I offer and take advantage of the talented kids that are driving or flying in to train.
ATTN High School Wrestlers: I will have a bio sheet that all the best
kids need to fill out, and Iwill email this to college coaches to help the
best kids get noticed. I’d encourage all the kids who are good enough to
wrestle in college to have a you tube channel with some of their best
matches on them. I’ll have a place on the bio sheet for you to put the
link on.
Schedule: 7-9pm on Friday, all day Saturday (9-11:30;2:30-4:30; 7-9)
Sunday 9-11:30.
Fee: 190, includes meals, overnight stay, etc.
Why this camp: Many people will spend 5-600 dollars every month or two on
‘national’ meets, hoping to face a great opponent. At this camp, the
kids will be forced to compete against great opponents for 6 total hours!
And from my experience, there is nothing better than to be forced to
“stand in front of” a great opponent for several hours, as this is a
key component in learning how to contain, and compete with, a better
opponent, which can’t be taught in drills. With matches being 4 ½ to 6
minutes in length, it would take years of travel and ‘national’ meets
to work up to a 6 hour total.
In my opinion, ‘national’ meets do not make a wrestler great, but proper training and skill development does.
Note: I get many repeat customers at this camp, and oftentimes over ½ of
the wrestlers in attendance are at most of these monthly sessions, as their
parents see the benefit of possibly skipping a weekend local meet, and
using this camp as a tool in their sons development.
Lastly, I’m a firm believer in skill development, and feel many should
invest in their son’s development, as opposed to hitting all the national
meets each week or month. Kids should attend those meets when they are
READY to place! To me…using those meets, with the expenses
incurred, only to go 1-2 or 2-2 on the weekend, is probably not the best
way to learn how to compete with the highest level of wrestler.
About Tony Purler:
Est Purler Wrestling Academy in Kansas City in 2003.
NCAA champion
2x NCAA all American
US open Nat’l champ; 3 time finalist
2x US World Team Member
4x US National Team Member
2x World Cup Medalist
Former D1 college coach for 9 years. (Oklahoma State, Univ of Oklahoma, Clarion Univ of PA)
Lastly, if you feel your son/daughter would benefit from professional coaching, please go to
www.tonypurler.com to see what I have to offer for wrestlers of all skill levels at my wrestling academy.
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