Olympic wrestling is a unique sport in that it’s possible to coach collegiate athletes while pursuing your own Olympic dreams. I meet many Olympic hopefuls in my travels and work; most dream to qualify for the Olympic Games. Olympic wrestling is a gruelling no-nonsense sport even if it appears like a couple of big guys in tights lying on top of each other like sea lions. Pro wrestling in comparison is a very different animal.

Olympic wrestling is a double elimination competition. Wrestlers are playing for points or position. So there are no striking or submission techniques taught in olympic style wrestling.

Olympic wrestlers are disciplined in the areas of maintaining weight, tough drills, and never giving up. Through this discipline I have gained courage to face hardships and opposition in my life.

Wrestlers are in search of public acceptance the result of which is the rise of cage wrestling, also known as the Ultimate Fighting Challenge (UFC). The publics need for aggressive, honest fighting appears to be propagating this by leaps and bounds.

Olympic freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling are very similar with one principal difference. In Gecro Roman a wrestler can not attack his opponent's legs nor can he use his legs to trip, hoist, or execute a move.

Both Freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling are aggressive styles of wrestling where the primary purpose is to score points and take risks in scoring those points. Freestyle and the leather clothing came from traditional Turkish wrestling termed "karakucak" (literally means black hug), olive oil came from the ancient olympic wrestling and most of the wrestling moves from Persia.

USA Wrestling is one of the most successful sports calendars within the U.S. Olympic Committee, with Olympic achievements in all three international styles of the sport: men's freestyle, men's Greco-Roman and women's freestyle.