Wrestling Prep Podcast

About Wrestling Prep Podcast

Join us for an insightful podcast series with Coach Carolyn Wester of Wrestling Prep. In each episode, Coach Wester shares one aspect her unique approach to wrestling, BJJ, and other MMA techniques, focusing on her innovative coaching principles. Carolyn emphasizes the importance of mastering repeatable patterns of movement and effective body positioning over situational training, revolutionizing the way athletes approach their sport. Tune in to discover how Coach Wester helps athletes of all levels enhance their performance and achieve their goals.

Publisher

Bryce Wolcott

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Jun 2024

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   Episode 21: Get It in Writing – Recruiting Promises, NIL Money, and Building a Financial Team

   Before an athlete decides what to do with NIL money, they need proof the money is real. In this conversation, Coach Carolyn Wester is joined by Drew Morgan, MBA, MACC, who trained with Carolyn from high school through the senior level and is now a certified financial planner working with current D1 wrestlers. Carolyn’s advice to every recruit is the same: get it in writing. Every promise a college coach makes on a visit or a call- scholarship, summer housing, NIL, sponsor perks- goes back to that coach in an email, and how the program responds tells you most of what you need to know. She also describes what she’s hearing from recent recruits: coursework that is almost entirely online, and athletes steered away from engineering or pre-med before they’ve enrolled. Drew takes the second half with two priorities. Know exactly how an adviser is paid, and walk away from anyone who can’t answer that plainly or isn’t a fiduciary. Then build a team: a planner, CPA, and eventually an estate attorney, whose job is the athlete’s goals, not a product. Taxes come first either way, since NIL payments arrive as 1099 income with nothing withheld, and the compounding example Drew walks through shows why a lump sum left alone at 20 matters at 60. Coaches and parents will leave with an order of operations: get it in writing, know the fee, build the team.IN THIS EPISODE: Drew’s checklist of questions to ask a financial adviser: https://wrestlingprep.com/advisor-questions Financial planning inquiries: Andrew Morgan, MBA, MACC, Financial Advisor – andrew.j.morgan@nm.comWant to learn more about Coach Wester and Wrestling Prep?Instagram: @wrestlingprep Website: wrestlingprep.com Online courses: courses.wrestlingprep.com

2. 

   3 Aug 2026

   Episode 20: Beyond the Single Leg – JJ Howland on Learning from Carolyn and Working Together

   Quick-fix prep clinics don't create lasting results; retention and application do. In this episode, Carolyn sits down with coach JJ Howland, who has built a large social media following around wrestling content and has coached a string of national finalists. JJ shares what stood out after meeting Carolyn at a Vegas clinic in April and why he traveled with three of his own athletes to a Wrestling Prep summer camp weeks later. The two compare coaching journeys that took unconventional paths, then turn to the clinic circuit: sessions full of advanced technique kids can't physically execute, weekend camps sold as shortcuts, athletes who retain none of it. Carolyn lays out where their coaching styles fit together: JJ's technique wins the tournaments being wrestled today, and her approach makes that technique work better. They close by revealing plans to join forces at clinics and larger events in the coming year. In this Episode: Instagram: @jjhowland YouTube: @JJ-Howland Website: jjhowland.com Want to learn more about Coach Wester and Wrestling Prep? Instagram: @wrestlingprep Website: wrestlingprep.com Online courses: courses.wrestlingprep.com

3. 

   22 Jun 2026

   Episode 19: Tumbling vs. Sequential Muscle Order – Why Body Leveraging Transfers and Tumbling Won't

   Before you spend money sending your athletes to tumbling class to emulate what you've seen from Wrestling Prep athletes, understand this: the two are fundamentally different in intent and execution. Coach Carolyn Wester breaks down why tumbling and her Body Leveraging movements can look similar, but don't transfer the same way. Tumbling chases a finished skill through disorganized effort, and rarely develops skills that carry into grappling; Body Leveraging uses Sequential Muscle Order to build, coordinate, and transfer force through a precise muscular sequence that maps directly onto movements during a match. In this episode, Carolyn walks through the distinctions athletes and coaches need to understand: coordination, timing, force, control, appearance, and repeatable outcomes. The throughline is this: HOW an athlete moves through space is at least as important as the final result. Athletes sharpen the technique they already use, and open themselves up to the wrestling that Carolyn layers on top of Body Leveraging by training to order their muscles and transfer force. Want to learn more about Coach Wester and Wrestling Prep? Instagram: @wrestlingprep Website: wrestlingprep.com Online courses: courses.wrestlingprep.com

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

1,741

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

4.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 31 / 100

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Quality

20

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

32

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