Wrestling Mindset

Gene Zannetti talks with Parsippany Hills Head Coach Chris Wells about overcoming adversity in wrestling, how social media affects young athletes, and why building great human beings matters more than just winning matches. Timestamps: 4:03 - The importance of mindset in competition 8:16 - College struggles and rock bot

Gene Zannetti talks with Coach John Azevado about the vocation of being a coach, the importance of pressure on wrestlers and their opponents, and why we change our mentality when wrestling a bigger name than us. Timestamps: 6:45 - Showing freestyle to Kalika 10:43 - Coaching from multiple perspectives 13:03 - The vocat

Gene Zannetti talks with Donnie DeFillipis about wrestling parents and how easily they lift up or bring down their kids without even knowing it. They discuss the messages parents send, how coaching the parents can help, and why it's so important to show their kids that they are learning with them too. Timestamps: 1:15

Gene Zannetti talks with World Champion Avtandil Kentchadze about his pressure-forward mindset, the training differences between the US and Russia, and the impact Coach Valentin has had on him. Timestamps: 1:42 - Coach Valentin's impact 4:58 - Pressure forward 6:24 - Wrestling beginnings 8:32 - Developing mindset 11:50

Gene Zannetti talks with University of Pennsylvania Head Coach Matt Valenti about David Pottruck's $20 million donation to Penn, how this will impact facilities and training, and what the plans are for the team going forward. Timestamps: 1:42 - Stake in the ground moment 5:20 - Allocating funds 9:00 - Impacting trainin

Gene Zannetti talks with US Olympic Coach Valentin Kalika about how it's harder to shift from Freestyle to Greco, why a Greco wrestler needs to have an engineer's mind, and why Judo is technically not wrestling. Timestamps: 2:02 - Greco to Freestyle is an easier shift 12:03 - A Greco mind needs to be like an engineer 2