a lot of questions, sorry

Question
My favorite break down is the tight waist, near ankle but I kinda need a second move on top. What was your favorite that you find as a very successful break down.Also what is the best move to the defend the sit out or switch. Thanks so much for your advice.
Also can you describe step by step to teach me how to do the "shrug".
I'm also short, 5 ft 3 in 119 lbs can you tell me what will work with my body.
Also I will like to know What and what not to think during a match and off the mat.
Also can you give me a list of few songs that pumped you up when before you wrestle.
Lastly, I'm in a way like you with limited resources. What were some ways you trained on your on. I don't have a mat at my house either. What are some youtube videos you learned from.
Sorry for so many a questions but a lot of your answers have been really helpful. The wrestling season is almost over and  I live in New York and state qualifiers are coming up pretty soon. I'm having a decent year and have gotten much better and some of the credit is due to your helpful answers. So thank you so much.

Answer
John,
My favorite breakdown was at start up when I chop them to the side then grab a cross wrist and an elbow for a tilt. I am a lefty so that means I always line up on my opponent's rights side when on top. It makes it harder for the opponent as he is not used to having someone mount him from the opposite side. If for some reason we get re-started again within a few seconds, I change my breakdown to a spiral ride going clockwise. I wrestle the top position loosely so the opponent never got a chance to peterson, switch or sitout on me for a reversal. If I feel that his switch is going to get me reversed, I would cut him; better to give up 1 than 2.

Defending switches has many options. If for example the opponent tries to switch your left leg while your lined up in his right side, I would just pull my left leg back and then chop his left arm and drive his shoulder to the mat. If you want to get fancy, you can hit a re-switch on him. Basically a re-switch is when your opponent is about 3/4ths done with his switch; you hit a switch and scoot in to counter his. I've never personally thought to myself "how to defend switches / sit outs" I just had a feel on when to hold them and when to let go.

I wasn't a big top person especially against better quality opponent. Most of the reason is because I was unrivaled in my neutral position so letting someone go would mean that I would take them down again. The best ride on top is the spiral ride as it saves a lot of energy and holds your opponent down. Again, I was a neutral wrestler in my high school days that I would take an opponent down and let them back up if he was moving a lot in bottom.  

For the shrug, you might want to watch online videos of Dustin Schlatter.


Check out this match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPMJDr6RX8A


My Junior Highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxaPxssuulQ



Once you got the mechanics in your head I will explain exactly what the key points for hitting this move. Over 80% of my takedowns were from shrugs. My opponents were so focused on watching for me to hit a fireman's carry that they get hit with a shrug when its least expected. Shrug is a move that when an opponents knows your going to hit it; it will dramatically reduce the chances of hitting it. Also its a move where you can easily hit it wrong or project from a mile away that your going to hit it.

From my experiences, the best time to hit a shrug is when your opponent collar ties deep. As soon as he touches me and I feel his elbow on my chest I shrug automatically.

\\Shrug\\
Step 1 - Opponent Ties Up with left hand on your right side of your neck
Step 2 ?Collar tie your opponent with same hand as your opponent, in this case your left.
Step 3 ?Use your opposite arm (in this case your right), specifically your wrist, underneath your opponent抯 triceps (the one he has collar tie on).
Step 4 ?Turn head 180 degrees, looking away from your opponent (in this case turning left and away from your opponent if he has his left hand collar tie on your right side of your neck)
Step 5 ?At the same time as step 4 smash your wrist in the back of opponents triceps and the same direction your turning away
Step 6 ?take a step forward on the same side as your opponent has the collar tie on (in this case your right foot)
Step 6 ?Combine your hip pressure to turn 180 degrees the same way as in step 4 and 5 away from your opponent and he should be going flying and you turning behind him.


\\Ideal Opportunities For A Shrug\\
1) Opponent ties up, immediately shrug
2) opponent takes a shot, you down block and shrug
3) Opponent leans in and you notice that your taking steps backward; immediately shrug
4) opponent on his knees and ties up, immediately shrug
I was 5??(5??with shoes) and 130 lbs cutting from 142 (my natural body weight) my senior year in high school. My advantages, like many people who are short, are speed and power. You should be hitting power double legs and fast singles to the outside if your body permits. I wasn抰 much of a strength wrestler as I wasn抰 really 搒trong?so even though I could hit a good double leg and single leg; I didn抰 have the consistent strength to finish the shots. I mastered the fireman抯 carry, barrel roll, low single and shrug as my primary takedowns. All of them require good leverage and body positioning. I used my opponent抯 strength against them and was very fast in executing the move.

Difference between strength and power is the strength is the consistency of damage per se. For example, your opponent gets a really deep double and you sprawl and cross face as hard. Your opponent is 搒trong?if hes able to keep on driving and keep his arms in your legs and finally takes you down. I didn抰 have that strength. Power is when you are facing an opponent and you tie up, he puts your elbows up and shoots a really fast double leg that in a blink of an eye he drives you across the mat not even giving you the chance to sprawl. That was me, I made sure my setups and finishes were perfect that my opponent didn抰 have time to react.

\\To Think In A Match:\\
1) All you should think about is winning
2) Concentrate in opponents hips and nothing else
3) Think that each period is 0-0

\\What Not To Think During the match:\\
1) Do not think that you are losing
2) Do not think about your opponent being bigger or a state champ
3) Do not look at scoreboard specifically if you are losing
4) Do not 揼ive up?when you are losing
5) do not think that there is no chance of winning if you are losing, pins can happen anytime
6) do not think what people will think if you lose
7) don抰 wrestle for your teammates or coach, wrestle for yourself (with the goal of winning of course. Its not your obligation to win for your teammates or coach, its your match, its your victory. Coach and teammates will not be any less disappointed if you win the match by not being pressured by them)

\\What To Think and What Not To Think Off The Mat\\
1) When in a tournament make sure to fill out the blank spaces in the brackets as you as the champion
2) You have to envision yourself to be actually winning the match or tournament to win. This is hard if your against state champions but you have to actually be able to picture him in your head being taken down or pinned before your body can do it. An example is when I was a younger wrestler without credentials I took down a guy who got 3rd in state. I got him down and rode him the rest of period. 2nd period I was bottom and got a reversal. I ended up beating him by 3-4 points. Then I wrestled a guy who was 4th in state, knowing he was 4th in state I took him down and I was really happy and surprised that I couldn抰 concentrate the match that I ended up losing the match by 2 points. Later the guy who I beat earlier in the year said that that guy who beat me, he had beaten already. In the end, that guy who I  beat got 3rd and the guy who beat me got 4th. This is how much mental toughness can affect your goals.
3) Again most important thing is winning, nothing less. If you are not comfortable that you can win; train and run and lift and wrestle as much as you can so you can make your body / mind believe that you deserve to win.
4) My pump up songs is Atreyu 揙ur Sick Story?right before a match and listening to Disturbed 揤oices?within 20 minutes of my match and I listen to all of Disturbed, Slipknot and Atreyu during a dual-meet or tournament.
5) before a wrestling match you have to get excited and pumped up. I have two methods of getting this excitement, one is positive and one is negative. Whichever one could get me pumped; I use it. For example, I think that if I win this match that girl from my school watching me from the stands will congratulate me (which they did). Negatively, I would think that this guy is a piece of trash because the way he looks at you and I will show him a lesson.


\\Training:\\
1) The most effective way I trained on my own is using my wrestling shoes as shooting targets. I would shoot low singles on it.
2) I trained 100 shots a day, 25 sitouts, 25 standups on each side. You divide it up by 20x5 for the low singles, 5x5 for the sitouts and standups like bodybuilding / lifting weights.

Just search John Smith and Dustin Schlatter in youtube. They are my two wrestlers that I model my wrestling style to. Basically go on flowrestling.org and find your favorite wrestler that you want to be and copy his every move. Go to Championsipproductions.com or something like that to buy wrestling dvds if you want to get all the details about the move.

Again answering your questions is a broad subject that I could actually write a book about it. Just make sure to ask me something specific next time. But yes I抦 glad to help you out. When I was in your situation there was barely anybody that could help me out. Most of my help came from online forums that whenever someone needs help in wrestling I help them thoroughly.