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Basics & General

Wrestling for
Beginners

Tom Jarman,
Reid Hanley

A Basic Guide
to Wrestling
(USOC Series)

Suzanne
Ledeboer

Wrestling Basics
Jeff Savage

A Season on the Mat:
Dan Gable and the
Pursuit of Perfection

Zavoral, Mendez,
Neuman

Wrestling:
A Commitment
to Excellence

Ken Chertow

Wrestling
Doug Marx
Almanac of Freestyle Wrestling (o)
C. Simms

Amateur Wrestling Rules in Pictures (o)
Michael Brown

Complete Guide to Championship
Wrestling Illustrated (o)

Art Keith


The Composite Guide
to Wrestling

Jim Gallagher
An Introduction to Wrestling (o)
Thompson Clayton

Mastering Wrestling (o)
Ken Kraft

Modern Wrestling: A Primer for
Wrestlers, Parents and Fans (o)

Benjamin Niebel


Wrestle to Win!:
Be Smart Be Ready

Beasley S. Hendrix
Sports Illustrated Wrestling
(SI Library) (o)

Jack McCallum

Sports Illustrated Wrestling (o)
Larry Sciacchetano

Wrestling (o)
Arnold U. Umbach,
Warren Johnson

 

Skills

Wrestling Drill Book
Dennis A. Johnson

Winning Wrestling
Moves

Mysnyk, Davis,
Simpson
Action Drilling in Wrestling (o)
George Gianakaris

Complete Book of Move/
Counter-Move Wrestling (o)

Dennis Riccio

Complete Book of Single
and Double Leg Takedowns (o)

Ray F. Carson

The Complete Book of
Winning Leg Wrestling:
Offensive and
Defensive Techniques (o)

Ed Michael

Counter Control for
Championship Wrestling (o)

Ray F. Carson

The Encyclopedia
of Championship
Wrestling Drills (o)

Ray F. Carson

Fundamentals of
Scientific Wrestling (o)

Shozo Sasahara

Grappling Holds
Ron Beer

The Handbook of
Wrestling Drills (o)

George Gianakaris

A Handbook of Wrestling
Terms and Holds (o)

Thompson Clayton

International Wrestling
Rules: Freestyle and
Greco-Roman (o)

Principles of
Championship Wrestling (o)

Ray F. Carson,
Buel R. Patterson

Science and Skills
of Wrestling (o)

Warren J. Boring

Successful Wrestling,
Its Bases and Problems (o)

Arnold William Umbach

Systematic Championship
Wrestling (o)

Ray F. Carson

Take it to the Mat (o)
Bobby Douglas

The Techniques of
Championship Wrestling (o)

Richard C. Maertz

The United States
Wrestling Syllabus (o)

Stan Dziedzic

Wrestling Methods (o)
Davis N. Camaione

Winning Wrestling
Steve Combs

Wrestle to Win:
Be Smart, Be Ready

Beasley S. Hendrix

Wrestling Techniques:
Takedowns (o)

Richard C. Maertz

Wrestling: Start Right and
Wrestle Well (Go for It) (o)

Bill Gutman, Ben Brown

Wrestling: Takedown II:
Sunkist Kids
Takedown System (o)

Bob Douglas

Wrestling Basics (o)
Ron Fox

Wrestling Fundamentals
and Techniques the
Iowa Hawkeyes Way (o)

Mysynk

Wrestling Illustrated
An Instructional Guide (o)

R.E. Sparks

Wrestling, Skills and Strategies
for the Athlete and Coach (o)

John K. Johnston

Wrestling Techniques
Handbook (o)

Tadaaki Hatta

 

Conditioning

Wrestling Physical
Conditioning
Encyclopedia

John Jesse
Complete Book of Wrestling Drills
and Conditioning Techniques (o)

Art Keith

Conditioning for Wrestling: The Iowa Way (o)
Dan Gable

Conditioning for Wrestling; Pre-Season,
Regular Season, and Off-Season (o)

Robert A. Spackman

U.S. Wrestling: Federation's Conditioning Guide (o)
James A. Peterson

 

Coaching

Rookie Coachs
Wrestling Guide
Effectiveness

USA Wrestling

Coaches Guide
to Excellence

B. Penanger

Coaching Wrestling
Successfully

Dan Gable,
Bob Siddens

Successful Wrestling
Art Keith
Career Guide to Officiating
Boxing and Wrestling

R.I. Odums

Best of Wrestling from
the Coaching Clinic (o)

Wst Nyack

Coaching Techniques for Freestyle
and Greco-Roman Wrestling (o)

Shigeru Kasahara


Wrestling Coach's
Survival Guide:
Practical Techniques
and Materials
for Building an
Effective Program
and a Winning Team

Keith T. Manos
Concepts in Coaching Wrestling (o)
Dotson, Evans, Freeman

An Instructional Guide to
Amateur Wrestling (o)

Russ Hellickson, Andrew Baggot

Teaching & Coaching Wrestling:
A Scientific Approach (o)

David N. Camaione

Wrestling Teaching Guide (o)
Richard C. Maertz

 

Greco-Roman


Greco-Roman Wrestling
William A., M.S. Martell
Greco-Roman Wrestling (o)
M. Briggs Hunt

 

Sumo

The Big Book of
Sumo: History,
Practice,
Ritual, Fight

Mina Hall

Dynamic Sumo
Clyde Newton,
Gerald J. Toff
Joy of Sumo: A Fan's Guide
David Benjamine, Greg Holfeld

Sumo Wrestling (Action Sports)
Bill Guttman, Rudolph Steiner


Sumo
Makoto Kubota
The Essential Guide to Sumo
Dorothy and Dee Buckinghamton

Grand Sumo:
The Living Sport & Tradition

Laura Sharnoff

 

Youth/Young Adult

Better Wrestling for Boys (o)
George Sullivan

Coaching Youth Wrestling (o)
Steve Combs

Complete Book of High
School Wrestling (o)

Robert L. Brown

Elementary and Junior
High School Wrestling (o)

Stephen L. Hopke

Illustrated Guide to
Teaching Kids to Wrestle (o)

Bill Martell

Parent Guide to Kids Wrestling (o)
Martens

Successful Wrestling: Elementary,
Junior High, Senior High (o)

Don Dravis

Wrestling for Young
Wrestlers and Instructors (o)

Gordon T. Garvie

 

History

A History of
Wrestling in
Iowa: From Gotch
to Gable (o)

Mike Chapman

Ohio's Best in
Amateur Wrestling

Mark B. Osgood
Encyclopedia of
American Wrestling

Mike Chapman

Faded Glory: the
Colorado High School
State Wrestling Tournament,
1936 through 1986 (o)


Nick and the
Cyclones (o)

Mike Chapman

Frank Gotch
The World's
Greatest Wrestler (o)

Mike Chapman

The Way To Live
(1908 repr.)

George Hackenschmidt

Lessons in Wrestling
and Physical Culture
(1914 mimeograph)

George Hackenschmidt

Wrestling On and
Off The Mat (o)

H. Wayne Baugham

Olympic Wrestling
Through the Millenium

Prof. Raiko Petrov

The Wrestler's Body:
Identity and Ideology
in North India

Joseph S. Atler
A history of wrestling at Iowa
State University, 1912-1985 (o)

Lynn Marr-Hugunin

New Breed: Living Iowa Wrestling (o)
Lou Banach

They Call It Wrestling : A Pictorial
Anthology of the American Wrestler

Wade Schalles

 

Fiction

Headlock
Adam Berlin


There's a Girl in
My Hammerlock

Jerry Spinelli,
Randy Barrett
No Effect (o)
Daniel Hayes

Riding Time (o)
Rich Wallace

Rusty Fertlanger,
Lady's Man

Christi Killien


Takedown (o)
Matt Christopher,
Margaret
Sanfalippo

Wrestling Sturbridge
(paperback)

(or cassette)
Rich Wallace

Wrestling Sturbridge
(hard cover)

Rich Wallace

Pins
Jim Provenzano

Where is Robert?
Daniel & Jaquelein
Seewald
The Wrestling
Match

Buchi Emecheta

Vision Quest:
A Wrestling Story (o)

Terry Davis

 

Misc.

Shoot Wrestling: Shoot Training Guide (Shoot Wrestling Training Series)
Yorinaga Nakamura

 

Other Offerings

 

Wrestling Videos from Human Kinetics

standing top bottom

NTSC Format Videos (US/Canada)
Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials: Standing Position
Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials: Top Position
Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials: Bottom Position
Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials Video Package (set of 3)

PAL Format Videos (European/Asian)
Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials: Standing Position
Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials: Top Position
Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials: Bottom Position
Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials Video Package (set of 3)