The program
Five tracks, one room, one progression — from a four-year-old's first wrestling game to a high schooler grinding live rounds in the off-season.
Registration is open through WrestlingIQ.
Five tracks
An introduction, not a boot camp. Sessions run on movement, balance, tumbling and wrestling games — sprawls, stance races, hand fighting turned into play. The goal is that a four-year-old leaves wanting to come back, and picks up body control along the way.
Technique becomes the focus. Stance and motion, level change, penetration step, basic takedowns, escapes and reversals, and pinning combinations — drilled at a pace kids can hold. Live wrestling is introduced with structure and close supervision.
The technical backbone of the club and the right starting point for most new wrestlers over ten. Three sessions a week of repetition on the core positions — neutral, top and bottom — so good habits get built before bad ones do.
Ninety-minute sessions with a real warm-up, chain wrestling, situational drilling and live rounds. This is where wrestlers who own the basics sharpen them. High school wrestlers are welcome in this group.
The travel and competition side of the club. Tournament preparation, hard live rounds and the state series. High school wrestlers train here too. See the competition track.
Cross-cutting
Strength & Conditioning runs alongside the wrestling tracks on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5:00–6:00 PM with Coach Jose. Barbell work, sleds, ropes, bikes and outdoor conditioning — built for wrestlers, not for a bodybuilding magazine.
It is open to athletes across the club, and it is the difference between being technical in the first period and still being technical in the third.
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6:00–7:30 PM every Friday night. Drop-ins welcome. It is the loosest, loudest session of the week and a good one to visit if you want to see the room at its best.
Coaching philosophy
We coach position before flash. A wrestler who can hold a good stance, change levels and finish a basic shot will beat a wrestler who collected ten fancy moves and mastered none.
We also coach the person. Shake hands, listen the first time, help a partner up, lose without excuses and win without gloating. Those are club standards, not extras.
“A good coach can change a game, a great coach can change a life.”
Gear
A singlet only becomes necessary once a wrestler starts competing. Nobody needs to buy gear to try the sport.
First practice
Come in, find a coach and say it is your first practice. We will put your wrestler with the right group and the right partner.
Every session opens the same way — running, tumbling and stance work — so new wrestlers learn the routine fast.
A coach demonstrates, wrestlers drill it slowly, then at speed. New athletes are paired with someone patient.
Stay a couple of minutes after and ask anything — scheduling, gear, competition or where to go next.
Parent FAQ
No. Most wrestlers in the Beginner and Fundamentals groups started with zero experience. Come to a free trial practice and we will place your wrestler where they belong.
Our youngest group starts at age four. From there wrestlers move up through Beginner Ages 7–10, AWC Fundamentals and AWC Intermediate, and on to the TX Select competition team. High school athletes are welcome in Intermediate and TX Select sessions.
Practices are run on matted surfaces with partners matched by size and experience, and coaches supervise live wrestling directly. Young groups spend most of their time on movement and controlled drilling rather than full-speed competition.
Age is the first guide, experience is the second. If you are unsure, email us before you register or ask a coach at your trial practice — we would rather place a wrestler correctly than have them in the wrong room.
No. Plenty of wrestlers train with us purely to learn the sport and get in shape. Competition through TX Select and USA Wrestling events is there when a wrestler and family want it.
Yes. Parents are welcome to watch. We just ask that coaching from the sideline is left to the coaches so wrestlers hear one voice.
Friday “Happy Hour” from 6:00–7:30 PM is open to drop-ins. For the regular weekly classes, start with a free trial session.
Start this week
One free trial session, no gear required. Pick the class that fits and we will do the rest.