Adam Hall, Peyton Robb competing, 8 world golds, the lost art in training & development, and more…

Hi ya’ll 👋

Welcome to Week #4 of the Wrestling Snacks newsletter.

I hope everyone had a great Halloween filled with memories and lots of candy! Here’s a pic of my two little critters before we went out tricker treating:

A few things before we get started:

1. I forgot to mention last week that we have passed the 100 subscriber mark 🎉🎉🎉 Yay!!! Thanks, everyone, for spreading the love and helping our reader base grow.

2. The results are in for our October giveaway, and the winner of a wrestling snacks T-shirt is…… drum roll, please 🥁……… Jen Jacobo!

3. 🚨 New announcement at the bottom of the newsletter 📣

Now let’s get to the goods 💪

News Bites

• 🇯🇵 Japanese 61 KG Junior World Team Member, Rin Sakamoto Commits to Okie State.

• 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 Amit Elor wins her 8th age level World Gold Medal in just 3-years 🤯.

• 🤼 NWCA All-Star Classic Match Lineup Announced.

• 🇨🇱 Pan American Games Results: Zane Richards (Gold 🥇), Nashon Garrett (Silver 🥈), Tyler Berger (Gold 🥇), Mark Hall (Silver 🥈), Kyle Snyder (Gold 🥇), Mason Parris (Gold 🥇), Forrest Molinari (Gold 🥇).

• 👑 🐐 JB in the finals at 74kg at the Kunayev tournament in Kazakhstan.

• 🌟 Nebraska’s Peyton Robb projected to wrestle this Saturday, Nov. 4th against NDSU. (This is great news considering the life-threatening infection he dealt with back in March).

Snacks

This week's snacks come from Adam Hall: Associate Head Coach at NC State and 2X NCAA All-American for Boise State. It's important to note that Adam has played a crucial role in helping turn NC State into one of the nation's top NCAA D1 wrestling programs. In his 8 seasons at NC State, the team has won 6 ACC Championships (5 in a row) and they are now a team that consistently finishes in the top 10 at the NCAA tournament.

Below are some excerpts from our conversation, along with key takeaways and tips that can be applied to improve yourself as a Coach, Athlete, or wrestling Parent.