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Two-time world champion J'den Cox joins Mike on the first night of the Freestyle World Championships, right after Bo Bassett and Kyle Snyder made their finals. He shares what he told Bo after his U23 loss, breaks down how Kyle Snyder got back to his short offense against Abdulrashid Sadulaev, and explains why he doesn't want NCAA wrestling to go freestyle only. 🔗 Recruitable: Your step-by-step playbook for today's recruiting process, from first contact to signing day: https://www.athletorlive.com/product/recruitable Free resources: 📊 Find out your recruiting tier: https://recruitable.athletorlive.com/quiz 🏟️ Find a college to wrestle at: https://recruitable.athletorlive.com/database ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 - A big first night for Team USA at Worlds 4:24 - What J'den told Bo Bassett after U23s 13:18 - Freestyle vs folkstyle, and why busy guys win 18:07 - How to teach when to go: the pillars of wrestling 23:33 - Japan's rise and what folkstyle teaches 32:42 - Film study: Kyle Snyder vs Sadulaev 44:56 - The waterfall effect 49:31 - Rapid fire: best shoe, books, Mount Rushmore, magic wand 📋 ABOUT THIS EPISODE J'den Cox, a two-time world champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist who now coaches development athletes, joins Mike Mal for a film-study conversation in the middle of Worlds. He explains why the scoreboard always looks worse than the match, why Levi Haines has no holes, and how Japan became one of the best game-planning countries in the world. He also walks through his coaching framework, from the pillars of wrestling to the waterfall effect, a system for building every attack back to your best shot. 🎙️ ABOUT ATHLETOR PODCAST The Athletor Podcast brings you conversations with the coaches, athletes, and minds shaping wrestling. Subscribe for new episodes weekly. 🔗 CONNECT YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXjsj-4x50ZVLOvSjaUEM9A Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athletor.live/ X: https://x.com/athletor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athletor.live/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@athletor

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The One Thing Kyle Snyder Changed to Get Past Sadulaev

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