About this episode
This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with legendary coach Tadaaki Hatta. Together, they discuss Japan's success in this year's Olympics and how the trend of their dominance could be seen from the previous Olympics in 2020. They also talked about differences in wrestling in Japan versus the US, what are the philosophies of the sport between the two countries, how the Olympics are the peak of wrestling for most of the world, but for the US, it's the NCAAs and why wrestling actually is considered a martial art in Japan. Timestamps: 0:55 - Japan's Olympic dominance 7:44 - Communication between team and personal coaches 8:55 - Japan's improvements from last Olympics 17:40 - Wrestling philosophies 23:12 - USA wrestler peaking at NCAAs 32:13 - Wrestling IS a martial art Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great episodes. If you want to support the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating & review on Apple Podcasts. For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email mindset@wrestlingmindset.com 🎙Stay connected with Wrestling Mindset 🔗 Visit our website: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ 📞 Book a free consultation: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/1-on-1-coaching/ Wrestling Mindset Social Media Instagram: / wrestlingmindset Facebook: / wrestlingmindset Twitter: / wrestlingmindse 🎧 Listen to our podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65xcqo9ZdPY36HeQOltPUI Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wrestling-mindset/id959324864 📬 Contact us: mindset@wrestlingmindset.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.