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Brands Leads Iowa to Third Straight Big 10 Wrestling Championship!

nate.landas — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:42:01 +0000

Tom Brands and Terry Brands have guided the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling program to their 34th Big Ten Championship and its third straight. The Hawkeyes finished with 156.5 points and had a pair of individual champions en route to victory. Tom Brands was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the third straight season and Iowa’s Matt McDonough was named the Freshman of the Year.

NWCA / USA Today Division I Wrestling Rankings!

nate.landas — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:47:06 +0000

The University of Iowa wrestling program, coached by Tom Brands and Terry Brands, have won 59 straight dual matches and continue to be the unanimous #1 team in the NWCA / USA Today Division I poll (2/9/2010). The full top 25 includes:

1. Iowa (Coached by Tom Brands and Terry Brands)
2. Iowa State (Coached by Kevin Jackson and Chris Bono)
3. Ohio State (Coached by Tom Ryan)
4. Oklahoma State (Coached by John Smith and Eric Guerrero)
5. Minnesota (Coached by J. Robinson)
6. Cornell (Coached by Rob Koll and Cory Cooperman)
7. Lehigh (Coached by Jon Trenge)
8. Oklahoma
9. Maryland (Coached by Kerry McCoy)
10. Penn State
11. Central Michigan
12. Boise State
13. Indiana (Coached by Duane Goldman)
14. Oregon State
15. Wisconsin (Coached by Barry Davis)
16. Kent State
17. Missouri
18. Pittsburgh
19. Cal Poly
20. Virginia Tech (Coached by Kevin Dresser)
21. Illinois
22. Edinboro
23. Rutgers
24. Purdue
25. Virginia

Championship Productions Pitches Unique Advertising Opportunity to Reach Coaches and Athletes on eBay!

darryl.bennett — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:57:31 +0000

Championship Productions Pitches Unique Advertising Opportunity to Reach Coaches and Athletes on eBay!

Ames (IA) Since 1976, Championship Productions has helped coaches and athletes in over twenty sports with a wide range of educational/instructional media. The interesting feature of a “Championship Productions’ production” is the caliber of the “teacher” – on their shelves and on their website, www.ChampionshipProductions.com , you’ll find DVDs with Hall of Fame coaches; ‘household names’ like Bob Knight, Dan Gable, Mike Krzyzewski as well as Hall of Fame coaches and athletes in sports like lacrosse (Gary Gait), swimming (Richard Quick), and volleyball (John Dunning, Russ Rose).

For the first time in its history, Championship Productions is allowing one sports marketer to take part in a first-of-its-kind “ride along” for the Calendar year of 2010. Championship Productions is utilizing eBay to launch this opportunity but will also utilize a variety of other social networking tools to spread the word among the sports marketing community.

Here is the link on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360223956108

Said Darryl Bennett, Vice President for the Ames, IA-based instructional/educational DVD company, “In short, we are putting up for auction the opportunity for a sports marketer – be it a sports drink, a footwear manufacturer, a retailer, a manufacturer of equipment – the opportunity to add their company logo to the exterior of over 3,000,000 catalogs, to add a hot-linked logo to over 1.7 million emails going to active buyers of coaching DVDs and finally, the opportunity add a hot link onto our website pages with over 8 million page views and over 1 million unique visitors. The repeated exposure to all High School, Junior High School and University coaches in twenty sports makes this a compelling opportunity.”

The bidding will start at $.99; Championship Productions is offering a “Buy it Now” option at $175,000. The winning bidder will have automatic right of refusal for 2011.

Championship Productions is the world’s leading producer/distributor of instructional sports DVDs in over 20 sports. Founded in 1976, Championship Productions in headquartered in Ames, IA.

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NWCA / USA Today Division I Wrestling Rankings (12/22/2009)

nate.landas — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:12:19 +0000

The University of Iowa wrestling program, coached by Tom Brands and Terry Brands, continue to be the unanimous #1 team in the NWCA / USA Today Division I poll (12/22/2009). The full top 25 includes:

1. Iowa (Coached by Tom Brands and Terry Brands)
2. Iowa State (Coached by Kevin Jackson and Chris Bono)
3. Ohio State (Coached by Tom Ryan)
4. Oklahoma State (Coached by John Smith and Eric Guerrero)
5. Central Michigan
6. Minnesota (Coached by J. Robinson)
7. Cornell (Coached by Rob Koll and Cory Cooperman)
8. Boise State
9. Maryland (Coached by Kerry McCoy)
10. Oklahoma
11. Lehigh (Coached by Jon Trenge)
12. Indiana (Coached by Duane Goldman)
13. Kent State
14. Nebraska (Coached by Mark Manning)
15. Penn State
16. Edinboro
17. Missouri
18. Wisconsin (Coached by Barry Davis)
19. Cal Poly
20. Illinois
21. Pittsburgh
22. Arizona State
23. Virginia
24. Old Dominion
25. Oregon State

UFC Signs NCAA Wrestling Champion, Phil Davis!

nate.landas — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:36:33 +0000

The Ultimate Fighting Championship deepened its light heavyweight division with the recent signing of former NCAA Division I national wrestling champion, Phil Davis. Davis turned to MMA in 2008 after emerging as a four time All-American and 2008 Division I national champion at Penn State. Davis wrestled at 197 pounds and ended his career with a record of 116-20. In Davis’ short MMA career, he has posted a 4-0 record with all victories coming in first-round stoppages.

New Wrestling Drill DVDs: Takedowns, Escapes, Pinning & More!

nate.landas — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:38:29 +0000

Are you looking to perfect your technique and spice up your wrestling practice? Not only will the following wrestling DVDs spice up your practices, but drilling the proper moves will prepare your wrestlers for everything!

60 Breakdown, Ride and Pinning Drills for Getting Better, Faster in Wrestling
50 Upper Body Drills for Getting Better, Faster in Wrestling
50 Escape and Reversal Drills for Getting Better, Faster in Wrestling
35+ Takedowns for Getting Better, Faster in Wrestling
Youth Wrestling: Takedown Steps 1, 2, 3
Youth Wrestling: Pinning Steps 1, 2, 3
Youth Wrestling: Escape and Reversal Steps 1, 2, 3
Live Takedown Situations
Live Pinning Situations
Live Escape and Reversal Situations
Deadly Weapons II
Deadly Weapons I

Iowa Tops 2009-2010 Preseason Wrestling Rankings!

nate.landas — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:06:35 +0000

The University of Iowa wrestling program will attempt to win their third consecutive wrestling championship in 2009. The Hawkeyes open the season ranked #1 in the USA Today / NWCA / Intermat Division I Wrestling Poll. The preseason rankings include:

1. Iowa (Coached by Tom Brands and Terry Brands)
2. Iowa State (Coached by Kevin Jackson and Chris Bono)
3. Ohio State (Coached by Tom Ryan)
4. Cornell (Coached by Rob Koll)
5. Minnesota (Coached by J. Robinson)
6. Oklahoma State (Coached by John Smith and Eric Guerrero)
7. Nebraska (Coached by Mark Manning)
8. Missouri
9. Boise State
10. Maryland (Coached by Kerry McCoy)
11. Wisconsin (Coached by Barry Davis)
12. Edinboro
13. Central Michigan
14. Penn State
15. Indiana (Coached by Duane Goldman)
16. American (Coached by Mark Cody
17. Arizona State (Coached by Ben Askren)

New Wrestling DVDs featuring John Smith!

nate.landas — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:48:01 +0000

We have just released two new wrestling DVDs featuring John Smith! Smith is the head wrestling coach at Oklahoma State University (5X NCAA Championship Coach), 2X Olympic Gold Medalist, 6X World Champion, and 2X NCAA Champion. Smith’s chain wrestling and drill DVDs will create the instincts your wrestlers need to win more matches! Check out the new wrestling DVDs today:

John Smith’s 20 Championship Wrestling Drills
John Smith’s Chain Wrestling Formula

New Wrestling DVD Featuring Kevin Dresser!

nate.landas — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:23:12 +0000

We have recently released a new wrestling DVD featuring Kevin Dresser. Dresser, the head wrestling coach at Virginia Tech and 2X All-American at the University of Iowa, produced The Dresser Dump. This DVD is part of the Championship Signature Wrestling Move Series, a collection of successful moves that each wrestler mastered while competing. The series includes moves from Ben Askren, Mark Ironside, Chris Bono, John Smith, and Jon Trenge.

New Wrestling DVDs featuring Jeff Swenson!

nate.landas — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:14:33 +0000

We have recently released four new wrestling DVDs with Jeff Swenson, the Augsburg College Athletic Director and former Augsburg College Head Wrestling Coach. Swenson is a 10X NCAA Division III National Championship Coach, 13X MIAC Coach of the Year, 6X NWCA National Coach of the Year, and was inducted into the NCAA Division III Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005. Swenson’s new wrestling DVDs are titled:

Building a Championship Wrestling Program
20 Set-ups for Single Leg Attacks
The Augsburg High Crotch Series: Set-ups and Finishes
Finishing the Single Leg Attack