TRAINING AMERICA’S YOUNG CHAMPIONS Four Great Weeks - Seven Outstanding Camps •  Camp Brochure in PDF Format •  One-Page Registration Form in PDF Format •  Online Registration LITTLE BUCKS YOUTH CAMP: Grades 2-7 July 11 - July 13 This camp is designed for the novice wrestler who is just beginning and wants to experience all that Ohio State University has to offer. We will cover the basics skills needed for any beginner to improve his wrestling abilities by learning takedowns, escapes and pinning combinations. This 3 day camp is a must for all young wrestlers who wish to be exposed to wrestling and are looking for advice from Ohio State’s best. COMPETITION CAMP: Grades 4-12 June 15 - 19 / June 29 - July 3 This camp is one of the most popular competition camps in the country and offers campers a combination of technique instruction and hard-nosed competition. Both are crucial for campers who want to take the step to the next level. Each wrestler will compete in a minimum of 15 matches throughout the camp. Each day, campers will take the mat for three sessions of dual meets. Each match will be reviewed and critiqued by our camp instructors and staff. After each dual meet, an Ohio State coach assigned to your team will talk with your group about the psychological aspects of wrestling – a critical factor in becoming a better wrestler. In addition to the dual meets, you will wrestle in three separate tournaments in two styles. Each day will also have a technique session to improve your understanding of wrestling’s most important concepts. Wrestlers who are working to become champions cannot afford to miss this camp. LEG ATTACK/TAKEDOWN CAMP: Grades 4-12 June 15 - 19 /June 29 - July 3 Ohio State’s nationally-acclaimed coaching staff, as well as some of Ohio’s greatest wrestlers, will teach campers the techniques and drills you must know when in the neutral position. The objective of this camp session is for campers to learn the skills that will help you master your takedowns. Intensive drilling and repetition will enable each camper to improve their skills in a live situation with daily open mats. Each session will also include a minimum of two takedown tournaments. This camp is perfectly designed to improve any wrestler’s takedowns. TECHNIQUE CAMP: Grades 4-12 June 29 - July 3 / July 13 - 17 This camp is designed for wrestlers at every experience level. Campers will have the opportunity to learn wrestling skills in all 3 positions (feet, top, bottom). The skills taught at this camp will be taught incrementally so that every wrestler will be able to grasp each skill. Campers will be grouped based on experience so that campers can learn at their own rate. Each day campers will have three technique sessions and an additional session for other recreational activities. LOU ROSSELLI 6 DAY INTENSIVE CAMPS: Grades 7-12 June 22 - 27 / July 13 - 18 Lou Rosselli (United States Freestyle World Team Coach) will work with each camper, teaching them the training methods necessary to become a champion at the highest level. The individual attention campers receive in this camp will not be matched by any other camp in the country. Each camper will have an opportunity for one-on-one instruction with a member of our coaching staff as well as members of the Ohio State wrestling team. Coach Rosselli’s teaching system is personally tailored to help you move up to the next level. This intensive camp system has attracted and helped produce state champions across the nation. Many of Coach Rosselli’s campers have later placed or won at their state tournament. If you are ready to make a commitment to your wrestling and want to learn what it takes to win at any level, you need to register for this camp. This camp is intended for the serious wrestler. In addition to a great deal of sparring and live wrestling, campers will experience a demanding physical conditioning program. TEAM CAMP: Grades 7-12 June 22 - 26 The Team Camp is designed around individual competition while using a TEAM CONCEPT that allows campers to participate with their teams. This camp will have one technique session with two-four dual meets daily. Each wrestler will have at least 15 matches with three separate tournaments. Every team will be assigned an Ohio State wrestler to help assist each team’s coach. Your Ohio State wrestler will critique, analyze and evaluate your team’s progress. After each dual meet your team will spend time working on wrestling fundamentals by doing drills which improve your team’s performance at camp and next season. HEAVYWEIGHT SCHOOL: Grades 7-12 July 13 - July 17 The Heavyweight school is designed to meet the needs of athletes who are above 180 pounds. The technical skills covered in this camp are conducive to making an upper weight wrestler successful. Additionally, it is a guarantee to compete against wrestlers of the same size and age, which is always diffi cult as an upper weight. We look forward to implementing the skills, drills, and mental toughness that is necessary for all upper weights wrestlers to win at the highest level. The Buckeyes have some of the elite upper weights in the nation. Enroll now and train along side of America’s best. See you in the summer of 2008! COST: Resident: Commuter: Little Bucks Competition Leg attack/Takedown Team Technique Intensive Heavyweight $275 $425 $425 $425 $425 $475 $425 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $325 $300 OHIO STATE WRESTLING CAMPS: CAMP STAFF:
TOM RYAN was named Ohio State’s head wrestling coach in May 2006. In his first year at Ohio State, Ryan guided six Buckeyes to the NCAA Chmapionships and four Buckeyes to All-America status. At the NCAAs, the Buckeyes finished in the Top 10 for the first time since 2004. Ryan joined the Buckeyes after spending 11 years as the head wrestling coach at Hofstra. While at Hofstra, Ryan guided 65 wrestlers to NCAA championship appearances, including eight in 2006. Eleven of his wrestlers earned All-America honors, while 10 were named Academic All- Americans. He also coached his wrestlers to 45 individual conference titles. Coach Ryan is a 1993 graduate of the University of Iowa where he was a two-time Big Ten champion, winning the 158-pound titles in 1991 and 1992. He earned All-America honors twice with a second-place finish in 1991 and thirdplace finish in 1992. He began his collegiate career at Syracuse, wrestling two seasons for the Orange, where he captured an Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association title in 1989.		LOU ROSSELLI - Assistant Coach •1996 Olympic Team •2006 and 2007 U.S. Freestyle Team Coach •Three time U.S. Freestyle National Champion TOMMY ROWLANDS - Assistant Coach •U.S. Open Champ •Univ. World Gold Medalist •2008 Olympic hopeful •Two time NCAA HWT Champion •Four time All-American JOE HESKETT - Assistand Coach •World Team Champion •NCAA Champion •Four time All-American •U.S. Open Champ •2 time Univ. Nat’l. Champion ROSS THATCHER- Strength Coach •All-American •2001 U.S. Pan American medalist •Buckeye Club Coach •2006 Junior World Team Coach

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lou Rosselli, Assistant Wrestling Coach
Email: WrestlingCamp@osu.edu
Cara Singel, Camp Coordinator
Email: BuckeyeCamps@osu.edu