Left-handed wrestlers

[raoul_duke]

Any left-handed wrestlers among the Iowa guys who have competed this year? Would it be an advantage, if all else was equal?

 

[UndercoverHawk]

Pretty sure Drake is left handed. It’s not an advantage or disadvantage either way for what hand you are. Guys lead different legs, people shoot different shots.

 

[jayridescarbon]

Any left-handed wrestlers among the Iowa guys who have competed this year? Would it be an advantage, if all else was equal?

My next door neighbor when I was a kid could only go left, never right. But that was basketball.

 

[Nearfall2]

You should wrestle based on your dominate leg. Do a cartwheel. The foot you stepped with is your dominate leg. Probably should be your lead leg. Since most coaches show moves right footed kids tend to do the same but it is kind of cool when a left legged kid figures it out and starts changing legs as part of their set up.

 

[O&Ghawkfan]

I had a teammate who AA’d back in the 90s in large part due to a lefty headlock. Nobody was used to feeling it from that side.

 

[raoul_duke]

Pretty sure Drake is left handed. It’s not an advantage or disadvantage either way for what hand you are. Guys lead different legs, people shoot different shots.

Any chance Block is left-handed?

 

[TherealGrip220]

Ooh any ambidextrous wrestlers out there, this may be the key beating Penn State for the next bunch of years

 

[93hawkeye]

So I was a left-handed wreslter (albeit a High School junior varsity-quality one) A left-forward sugar foot stance felt natural to me. So high crotches, fireman's carries, collar ties, etc against me would work best the left handed way for my opponent. I still got taken down plenty of times, haha
I also rode on my opponent's right side most of the time, which felt like an advantage for me.

 

[Misalorales]

You should wrestle based on your dominate leg. Do a cartwheel. The foot you stepped with is your dominate leg. Probably should be your lead leg. Since most coaches show moves right footed kids tend to do the same but it is kind of cool when a left legged kid figures it out and starts changing legs as part of their set up.

I always thought your lead leg was your support leg and the other being your dominate leg?

 

[Nearfall2]

I always thought your lead leg was your support leg and the other being your dominate leg?

Lead leg is the power leg in wrestling. Opposite of boxing. That’s why being great at boxing and wrestling is uncommon.