SUMMER SEASON 2025
University of wrestling FOUNDATIONAL AND ADVANCED PINNING, RIDING, & ESCAPES (FOLKSTYLE)-Learn an ENTIRE SYSTEM to pin, escape, and dominate your opponent!
Dates: June 2nd-July 12th (12 full sessions!)
Come Master Wrestling the Sport of Wrestling. Now enrolling for Summer Session. Reserve your spot today.
Cap: This is a popular summer program. Availability is limited. Register now to guarantee your spot.
Overview: Also known as the “University of Wrestling” Pin Camp, this is a folkstyle training focused on helping wrestlers master our entire system of riding and pinning dominance as well as essential bottom counters, skills, escapes and reversal tactics. Foundational course for beginners, advanced for returners or wrestlers at moderate-advanced skill levels.
Ages: K-12th Grade (Register your wrestler for the grade they were in during the 2024-2025 schoolyear.)
Ability Levels:
BEGINNERS-MODERATE LEVEL WRESTLERS SHOULD ENROLL IN THE “PINNING FOUNDATIONS” COURSE TAUGHT ON MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS. (More info here.)
ADVANCED LEVEL WRESTLERS SHOULD ENROLL IN THE “ADVANCED PINNING” COURSE TAUGHT ON TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS. (More info here.)
(Note: Both courses are highly effective and cover a huge range of breadth and depth giving wrestlers key experience in these important wrestling positions. Be sure to register your wrestler for the appropriate course. Wrestlers who haven’t done the Foundations course—or have its equivalent in experience—should not register for the Advanced course and will benefit strongly from the Foundations course first. Even many advanced wrestlers benefit greatly by attending the Foundations course and can even register to attend both.)
Practice Times:
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS
4:30-5:45 PM K-3rd Grade (East Wrestling Room)
5:45-7:45 PM 4th-12th Grade PINNING FOUNDATIONS COURSE (East Wrestling Room)
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
4:30-6:30 PM 4th-9th Grade ADVANCED PINNING COURSE (East Wrestling Room)
6:30-8:30 PM 10th-12th Grade ADVANCED PINNING COURSE (East Wrestling Room)
Club/Team Affiliations Invited: This camp is not affiliated with any particular high school or program but is open to all to come and learn and take back to their home programs.
Location: Sanderson Wrestling Academy, 845 N. 400 E., Bountiful, Utah
Cost: $265 for the summer season
REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS TWO SIMPLE STEPS:
STEP 1: PURCHASE OR RENEW USA WRESTLING ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP:
USA Wrestling “Limited Folkstyle” Membership required ($20 annual). This must be purchased before you can register for the training. It can be purchased at www.usawmembership.com. Current membership id # will be required for club training registration. Click this tab below to purchase or update your USA Wrestling membership:
STEP 2: REGISTER FOR UNIVERSITY OF WRESTLING SUMMER COURSE
To register and secure your spot in the 2025 UNIVERSITY OF WRESTLING summer program, click the button below:
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF WRESTLING
EXCELLENCE IN WRESTLING INSTRUCTION
The University of Wrestling was founded to provide better opportunities to master the sport of wrestling for wrestlers, coaches, parents, and officials. Like a university, it offers events, training opportunities, and classes that are objective-driven, taught and guided by some of the best teachers in the sport.
SYSTEMATIC TRAINING FOR WRESTLERS
Our training and competition opportunities provide a network of diverse regional training partners and top-level instruction for ages K-12th grade. Learning is scaffolded and age appropriate. Skills are always taught within a “systematic” framework. A system of wrestling is not just a handful of moves or tricks, which is the approach many wrestlers take; instead, it’s a system used to set-up your opponent with simple but proven techniques then capitalizing on the opponent’s reaction to score points, then repeating the process. The best wrestlers and coaches use a system. At all of University of Wrestling courses, a systematic framework is paramount.
ALL PROGRAMS/TEAMS WELCOME!
We are not affiliated with any particular high school or program but are open to all to come and learn and take back to their home programs.
DETAILED COURSES/TRAININGS OFFERED SUMMER 2025
ADVANCED PINNING, RIDING & THEIR COUNTERS (See above for schedule for various age groups): Age Groups: 4th-9th Grade; 10th-12th Grade. Cap: Limited spots available. Registration will close when cap is reached. Prerequisites: Must be considered an advanced wrestler. This generally means the wrestler has multiple years of experience wrestling. Overview: This is a 12-session course that covers drilling and position wrestling of the core University of Wrestling Pinning & Riding System (taught in the “FOUNDATIONS” course) + sessions of advanced riding and pinning situations including multiple cradle tactics, cradles from opponent’s base, bars, tilts, crab riding and pinning, blanket riding and pin options, leg riding keys & counters, as well as advanced bottom techniques. Live wrestling, inter-camp competition, and wrestling fitness is incorporated into the training. Tuition: $265 before May 15th; or $295 May 16th-June 1st. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
*FOUNDATIONS OF PINNING (See above for schedule for various age groups): Age Groups: 4th-12th Grade. Cap: Limited spots available. Registration will close when cap is reached. Prerequisites: No prerequisites. For beginner through experienced wrestlers. This is the course you take if it’s your first time training at Sanderson or University of Wrestling or if you want more foundational work on top and bottom. Due to the foundational nature of this course and its skills’ essential role in the system taught at University of Wrestling, this course is fundamentally important and is a required prerequisite for higher level wrestling classes at the University of Wrestling. Overview: This is a 12-session course. In this course wrestlers learn key drills and skills to wrestling with constant forward pressure from the opponent’s base, from a broken-down position and how to maintain it. The four basic pinning positions and their counters as well as pinning fundamentals. Setups to the fundamental and most-effective pinning combinations, execution of those holds, as well as key finishing concepts and maneuvers. Live wrestling, inter-camp competition, and wrestling fitness is incorporated into the training. Tuition: $265 before May 15th; or $295 May 16th-June 1st. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
*K-3rd GRADE PINNING & RIDING (See above for schedule for various age groups). Cap: Limited spots available. Registration will close when cap is reached. Prerequisites: For beginner or experienced wrestlers. Overview: A blend between the foundations course with some advanced techniques for accelerated wrestlers in the group. This is the perfect place for young wrestlers to learn and practice the fundamentals of top and bottom positions in folkstyle wrestling, key moves, setups and finishes, with time for live wrestling, sparring situational practice, wrestling play & wrestling/fitness games. This is a great way to have fun this summer, make friends, and continue to progress in wrestling. Tuition: $265 before May 15th; or $295 May 16th-June 1st. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.