In Gabbys finals match in teens advanced this weekend she lost to a huge wrestler. Kid got the takedown and layed in her guard for 3 minutes. Immediately after the match I took her to the warmup mat and we went over several options on how to stop the larger, stonger wrestler from laying on you.
To me its all about angles and creating space (staying square\flat is to his advantage)...make him put his arm, legs, weight (or whatever) where you want it to be by attacking or faking attacks..forcing him to defend the back take and put his arm in a bad position etc. etc. Forcing him using strength will only waste your energy. I agree with Scott...figureing out a way to beat or counter what your opponents doing is the whole point of the game Worst case scenario...get better at takedowns (or stuffing them).
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