Blogs

CKWC coach and expert blogger Andy Hrovat reflects his two-week training trip in Yakutsk, Russia, and discusses the benefits of overseas experience and insight.

CKWC coach and expert blogger Andy Hrovat recaps the first week of the U.S. training camp in Yakutsk, Russia, and breaks down the opening competition, a dual meet against a local Yakutian team which featured his return to action.

In part three of his Road to the Olympic blog, Andy writes about his uphill battle to claim a wild best-of-three championship series against Mo Lawal at the 2008 Olympic Team Trials and his experiences as a new freestyle coach with the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club.

In part two of his Road to the Olympic blog, Andy writes about making the 2006 U.S. world team, spending some cold days overseas in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, and the feeling of losing his No. 1 spot on the 84kg ladder.

In part one of his Road to the Olympic blog, Andy writes about transitioning out of college into full-time freestyle training and competition, settling on the best-suited weight class and the disappointment of the 2004 Olympic Trials.

On the heels of a week-long, elite-level training camp at the Bahna Wrestling Center, Andy writes about the CKWC training cycle and stresses the importance of supporting our Olympic-level athletes.

Now back stateside after two-and-a-half weeks in Ukraine, Andy reflects on the overseas training camp and the regimented structure of the daily pre-tournament schedule.

On the eve of the Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial tournament in Kiev, Andy provides insight into the wrestlers' final preparation and identifies the three characteristics that separate the world's elite.

Tyrel Todd, one of four CKWC wrestlers participating in the two-week training camp in Ukraine, writes about his first overseas experience in this travel blog.