Michigan alum Domenic Abounader is one of several "international" wrestlers working out of the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club in Ann Arbor. A Lebanese dual citizen since birth, Abounader has started his international wrestling career representing the nation where his family grew up. Host Jason Bryant sits down with Abounader in Xi'an, China prior to the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships to talk about the process to represent Lebanon and what it means to him. Is it the easy way? What's he trying...

LeRoy Gardner and Robert "Hollywood" Hemingway are two of the handful of African-American head coaches in college wrestling. On Episode 68 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, the pair talk about the differences and similarities in exposing the sport to wrestlers of all backgrounds, as well as explaining how wrestlers of color can find opportunities to compete beyond the Division I level. Where can the opportunity grow? Is it with the HBCU's, of which Allen is the only four-year HBCU in...

Gene Zannetti of Wrestling Mindset returns to the World Wrestling Resource Podcast to give an update on the growth of the business and update listeners as to what Wrestling Mindset has been able to do within wrestling and beyond. Founded by former Penn wrestlers, Wrestling Mindset evolved from a fitness brand to a mindset training company that employs over 75 mindset coaches in a variety of sports. Find out more about Wrestling Mindset at WrestlingMindset.com The World Wrestling Resource...

While in Trnava, Slovakia for the 2018 Junior World Championships, we got a chance to talk with Pedro Silva, the President of the Wrestling Federation of Portugal. Silva's been around the sport for decades in a number of roles and he'll talk about that background and the culture of wrestling in Portugal. Silva is also running for a position on the UWW Bureau and he explains what he would like to bring to that panel as well as his insights on what the last five years have meant for...

Episode 65 talks with one of the world's top wrestling photographers, Tony Rotundo of www.WrestlersAreWarriors.com. A native New Yorker who did a little bit of international wrestling in his youth, Rotundo has become one of the most versatile shooters in the world. Rotundo has covered a number of World Championships and the 2016 Olympic Games and his shots have graced the covers of nearly every major wrestling magazine and website over the past decade. Rotundo talks about the feel of...

Episode 64 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast visits with Vinay Siwach, a sports journalist for The Indian Express in New Dehli, India. Siwach has covered wrestling for the paper the last five years and he'll talk about the dynamic of Indian wrestling, how Olympic medals won by Sushil Kumar kickstarted interest in the sport in the country, the popularity of the mud wrestling dangals as well as the impact the movie of the same name had on the sport. Siwach will also explain the...

Lúcás Ó'Ceallacháin, the interim High Performance Manager for Wrestling Canada, has spent the last five years heavily involved in wrestling. On Episode 63 of the World Wrestling Resource, we'll talk to the native Irishman about his background in sports management, how it developed based on his linguistic skills and what the last five years have been like after roles with United World Wrestling and as the competition manager for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. He'll...

Olympic champion Ben Peterson and World Wrestling Resource co-founder Jon McGovern join host Jason Bryant on the latest edition of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast to break down Peterson's vision of leadership. Peterson talks about his background in what he believes makes good leaders and how he's presented his leadership speech over the years around the world. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the...

One of the larger stories that came out of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia was the one of Kevin Wallen. The president of the Jamaica Wrestling Federation, Wallen competed at 86kg in freestyle and won his opening match 11-10 over a wrestler from the Bahamas. At 48 years old. On Episode 61 of the World Wrestling Resource, we'll catch up with Wallen, who was raised on the island nation of nearly 3 million people before moving to Canada and discovering wrestling. It was...

While at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Jason Bryant caught up with the Treasurer of Wrestling Australia, Lazarus "Larry" Papadopoulos. Papadopoulos has been working the GC2018 Games as a color commentator for the television broadcasts and he also works with the rugby and Aussie rules football leagues to work wrestling techniques into their respective gameplay. We go over a number of topics, including developing wrestling in Australia and Oceania as well as the...

United World Wrestling brings the Men's Freestyle World Cup to Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on April 7-8, 2018. On this episode of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, we talk with U.S. National Freestyle coach Bill Zadick about the event. Zadick reflects on last year's World championship in Paris and what it was like to see wrestlers like Kyle Snyder and Jordan Burroughs accomplish amazing feats of wrestling greatness. Zadick also talks about his own experiences in managing one of...

Mike Moyer of the National Wrestling Coaches Association again joins the World Wrestling Resource Podcast to talk about the recent additions and subtractions in college wrestling. What is the NWCA doing to help save the program at Eastern Michigan and what led to the addition of wrestling at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock? Strategies, updates and perspective from Moyer on what the fans can do to help with EMU and promote wrestling around the country next up on the World Wrestling...

Nick Mitchell has built what he calls a Championship Lifestyle at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. On Episode 57 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, we talk with the Wartburg alum who has led the Vikings to six NCAA Division III championships in a row and seven National Duals titles in a row. As the program nears the end of its 10th year in existence, what's been the secret sauce that's helped his team win? An Iowa native, Mitchell never won a state championship or Division...

Technology advances have made training and athletes bigger, stronger, and stronger. On Episode 56 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, we talk with John Lally, the President and CEO of PIVOT Sports Global about Firstbeat, a product geared at providing elite athletes and teams the ability to understand their workouts and performance by data-driven analytics. Firstbeat is already being used by over 800 professional sports teams around the world and has started to move into college...

Mike Moyer is the Executive Director of the National Wrestling Coaches Association and the NWCA will be hosting one of the nation's biggest college wrestling events on January 4-5 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It's the NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals and Fort Wayne will host 86 teams in five college divisions to determine a dual meet champion in Division II, Division III, NAIA, NJCAA and the WCWA. Moyer will talk about the event and the growth of the new programs as 40 of the 86 teams in...

The holiday breaks mean food, family, fun, presents and long days in gyms for wrestling tournaments. As long as there's been holiday wrestling tournaments, there's been skin infections, funk and junk. On Episode 54 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, we talk with Guy Sako, the founder of Defense Soap, to talk about prevention, treatment and tips that can help wrestlers go through this season on the mats and not off it with a skin problem. Sako's company, founded 12 years ago, has...

Sportsmanship is something the sport of wrestling throws at you with headlocks, snap downs and cross faces. It's not the most delicate of sports, but there's an element of sportsmanship that goes along with being a warrior on the mat. On Episode 53 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, we'll get the sportsmanship perspectives from two Olympic champions -- Ben Peterson and Dan Gable. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and...

Joe Heskett was a four-time NCAA Division I All-American and a 2002 NCAA champion at Iowa State University under coach Bobby Douglas. In 2007, Heskett was on the path to the Olympics after finishing fifth in the World at the 2007 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. Five days later his life changed. On Episode 52 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, Heskett talks about his upbringing, wrestling and a life-altering cardiac arrest that nearly killed him. Ten years later, after...

Dan Gable had the opportunity to coach the late Dave Schultz on World and Olympic teams. On Episode 51 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, Gable explains when he first heard about some teenager from California entering the Tblisi tournament and what happened next. Gable recounts why he was a better fit at Oklahoma with coach Stan Abel at the time and how Schultz was constantly studying the sport in a time before easily traded video was available. Gable also recounts the dynamic of...

Kyle Klingman is the Director the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa. On Episode 50 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, we'll talk with Kyle about the events coming up the weekend of October 27-30 with an artifact sale going on in conjunction with the USA Wrestling Preseason Nationals. Klingman talks about the role history and museums must play in helping educate current generations of wrestlers and wrestling fans about the heroes they should not be...

Lee Kemp is one of the finest wrestlers the world has ever known. A three-time NCAA Division I champion at Wisconsin and a four-time finalist, Kemp won three World championships and four World medals. Kemp has a new book called Winning Gold: Success Secrets of a World Champion available at LeeKemp.com where he breaks down stories and nuggets that he's penned over the years that helped him be a success on the mat and in business. On Episode 49 of the World Wrestling Resource podcast, we...

In a long discussion about USA Wrestling's summer success, Executive Director Rich Bender joins the World Wrestling Resource Podcast for Episode 48. In 30 years with the company, Bender has moved up from intern to Events Director to Executive Director and has been a leader not just domestically, but within international wrestling. Bender will talk about the development of USA Wrestling's age-group teams and the personnel who have made that a reality. He'll also break down the impact of...

Dan Gable will again join the World Wrestling Resource Podcast for Episode 47 as he and host Jason Bryant recap the summer that was for USA Wrestling. Gable discusses Thomas Gilman's rise to silver from his Iowa perspective, as well as talk about the performances of Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Snyder on their men's freestyle world championships. Coach Gable will touch on the Taylor-Cox kerfuffle briefly, before focusing in on Helen Maroulis' role in wrestling and what Greco-Roman has to...

Wrestling legend Dan Gable will again join host Jason Bryant on Episode 46 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast to talk about the upcoming United World Wrestling Senior World Wrestling Championships in Paris. Among topics discussed: the push for women's wrestling to be an emerging sport, the relevance and importance of Regional Training Centers, the focus by USA Wrestling on the age-group tournaments and grassroots development. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for...