Mark Hall Twister Study (Powerful Pinning Technique)
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I would never, ever, ever in a million years call it a "gator roll"; that's for Southern rednecks
It's called a CEMENT MIXER
"Cow-catcher" is acceptable if you're from the Midwest (the Midwesterners I know use the term "Cow-catcher" for both moves)
"Twister" is bizarre, but I don't mind it too much
Great video
It's called a CEMENT MIXER
"Cow-catcher" is acceptable if you're from the Midwest (the Midwesterners I know use the term "Cow-catcher" for both moves)
"Twister" is bizarre, but I don't mind it too much
Great video
So there has been a lot of comments on the name of the technique. What was confusing to me was that people would use cement mixer for both moves (what I call Cow-Catcher and Twister in the video). Because of that, I opted to use a name that only applies to the variation that rolls towards the underhooked side. For what it's worth, I got the term Twister from Jesse Leng, who was a longtime coach at the Jeff Jordan Camps in Ohio (Leng is now the CEO of Rudis). Mike Mena is another coach that refers to the move as the "Twister."
Don Rohn coached Northhampton area Koncrete Kids. He won NCAAs as a freshman with that move. 30 years later Rob Rohn @ Lehigh hit it on Lambrecht down 14-2 for the fall on route to his own NCAA title. Its a cement job and a cement mixer!
Im just a PA guy at heart. It'll always be a cement job, cement mixer to me. That said, I live in Colorado and they have some weird names for wrestling moves. Merkel = Jawbreaker, Butcher = Barbed wire. The nice thing is I can call out moves to my kids and noone knows what they are.
Part of me really wanted to see him try it on Kemerer in the postseason, would have been super risky but man would it have been epic. He almost pinned Amine in the 2018 dual with it but he rolled out in time, it's so sudden and dangerous.
Thanks for the reply. We're just bound to give you a bit of guff over the name since we're PA guys.
Maneuver name aside, this was really good.
Any chance of a Zain Retherford Bow and Arrow study? It would probably need to come with all kinds of Do Not Try This At Home warnings ...
Conewago, Jeff Blatnick is one of the announcers on the Rohn clip you posted. It reminds us how fragile life is especially during these times.
My son attended one of Bruce Bumgartner's camps at Edinboro in the early 90s. Bruce brought in Jeff as an instructor. During a period Jeff was just sitting around, we had a conversation about how tough Pennsylvania wrestling was. Jeff's comment was about how diluted Pennsylvania talent was with all the college teams here. He stated if you would combine the State colleges teams, Edinboro, Slippery Rock, Clarion, Lock Haven, Bloomsburg, etc wrestling teams, with the talent, they could win Nationals most years. The man was correct. A super team that everyone wants to wrestle for. Along with a great coach and staff could dominate.........
My son attended one of Bruce Bumgartner's camps at Edinboro in the early 90s. Bruce brought in Jeff as an instructor. During a period Jeff was just sitting around, we had a conversation about how tough Pennsylvania wrestling was. Jeff's comment was about how diluted Pennsylvania talent was with all the college teams here. He stated if you would combine the State colleges teams, Edinboro, Slippery Rock, Clarion, Lock Haven, Bloomsburg, etc wrestling teams, with the talent, they could win Nationals most years. The man was correct. A super team that everyone wants to wrestle for. Along with a great coach and staff could dominate.........
Maybe in New England they call them Lobster Rolls!
Thanks for sharing. I wish I coulda met Jeff!
I remember the day Cael was hired. The phrase "sleeping giant" was bandied about.
Everyone was excited, but to think of everything that happened the last decade, all the fun, it's beyond anything I ever hoped would transpire.
Wicked Lobsta RollsMaybe in New England they call them Lobster Rolls!
Why is it that New Englanders can say an "R" when it is at the beginning of a word but not the end?
Add ", Guy" to the end of that, and you've got it just right for northern New England.
As in, "That was a Wicked Lobsta Roll, Guy!!"
Common silly....its because they put those "R"s on words that don't even have a letter R in them. Now are you starting to get the idea"r"!Why is it that New Englanders can say an "R" when it is at the beginning of a word but not the end?
Pancake is just double under hooks (usually with a hip toss thrown in) without a headlock so not at all the same thing and something that won't work unless you are a LOT stronger than your opponent.
Watch Kolats youtube pancake demonstration. This is what I always though was a pancake.
Sorry I cant link you.
Edit, it works even better with a 3/4 in, the guy is fighting HARD to keep his head up, release your downpressure, and that head comes up for the taking.
I recall that he missed it once or twice (maybe I am thinking of someone else LOL) and the beauty was he just rolled through and wasn't worst for wear. It seems like a high reward move with a lower downside if you miss it. Would love to seen a wiff or two to see this side of the move. Great videos keep em comin!
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