SUMMER AT SANDERSON WRESTLING ACADEMY
THE UNIversity of Wrestling
SUMMER SEASON 2025
University of wrestling FOUNDATIONAL AND ADVANCED PINNING, RIDING, & ESCAPES (FOLKSTYLE)-Learn an ENTIRE SYSTEM to pin, escape, and dominate your opponent!
Session 1 Dates: June 1st-July 10th (15 full sessions!) CLOSED***
Session 2 “Leg Riders Only!” Extension
COURSE FOCUS: “Leg Riding” can be a tricky skill sub-set to learn for pinning and to defending. Those who master it need time and nuanced coaching, but once you figure it out and master it, it gives you a huge advantage in a skillset that many wrestlers struggle to ever learn well. This training focuses only on leg riding situations, from cross-body riding to high thigh style, setups to pinning combinations, scrambling, defending, and all the nuances in between. Technique work, position play, and live situational wrestling.
DATES: Sept. 4th-Oct. 9th (6 sessions)- Limited availability.
Ages: 4th-12th Grade (Experienced wrestlers only; no beginners for this course.)
Practice Times:
Thursdays 6:30-8:00 PM (Sept. 4th-October 9th)
Club/Team Affiliations Invited: This camp is not affiliated with any particular high school or program but is open to all to come and learn and take back to their home programs.
Location: Sanderson Wrestling Academy, 845 N. 400 E., Bountiful, Utah
Tuition: $165
REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS TWO SIMPLE STEPS:
STEP 1: PURCHASE OR RENEW USA WRESTLING ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP:
USA Wrestling “Limited Folkstyle” Membership required ($20 annual). This must be purchased before you can register for the training. It can be purchased at www.usawmembership.com. Current membership id # will be required for club training registration. Click this tab below to purchase or update your USA Wrestling membership:
CLICK HERE TO GET USA WRESTLING MEMBERSHIP
STEP 2: REGISTER FOR UNIVERSITY OF WRESTLING SUMMER COURSE
To register and secure your spot in the 2026 UNIVERSITY OF WRESTLING summer program, click the button below:
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF WRESTLING
EXCELLENCE IN WRESTLING INSTRUCTION
The University of Wrestling was founded to provide better opportunities to master the sport of wrestling for wrestlers, coaches, parents, and officials. Like a university, it offers events, training opportunities, and classes that are objective-driven, taught and guided by some of the best teachers in the sport.
SYSTEMATIC TRAINING FOR WRESTLERS
Our training and competition opportunities provide a network of diverse regional training partners and top-level instruction for ages K-12th grade. Learning is scaffolded and age appropriate. Skills are always taught within a “systematic” framework. A system of wrestling is not just a handful of moves or tricks, which is the approach many wrestlers take; instead, it’s a system used to set-up your opponent with simple but proven techniques then capitalizing on the opponent’s reaction to score points, then repeating the process. The best wrestlers and coaches use a system. At all of University of Wrestling courses, a systematic framework is paramount.
ALL PROGRAMS/TEAMS WELCOME!
We are not affiliated with any particular high school or program but are open to all to come and learn and take back to their home programs.
SUMMER SEASON 2026
University of wrestling FOUNDATIONAL AND ADVANCED PINNING, RIDING, & ESCAPES (FOLKSTYLE)-Learn an ENTIRE SYSTEM to pin, escape, and dominate your opponent!
Session 1 Dates: June 1st-July 10th, 2026 (15 full sessions!)
Session 2 “Leg Riders Only!” Extension: August 10th-August 27th, 2026 (6 sessions)- Only open to Session 1 participants. Limited availability.
Come Master the Sport of Wrestling. (REGISTRATION TO OPEN EARLY 2026.)
Cap: This is a popular summer program. Availability is limited. Register early to guarantee your spot.
SANDERSON’S SUMMER WRESTLING PROGRAM, “THE UNIVERSITY OF WRESTLING”, IS A CAN’T-MISS. Open to all clubs, teams, and individuals, it draws in a great room of partners and competition for all. Wrestlers of all ages come in and are taught and train in the techniques in the Ripplinger/Sanderson System used to dominate from the top position. It’s a focused training sequence that gives participants a great opportunity to master skills necessary to score big nearfall points and to become a pinner. This is a popular program and caps early. Registration will open in February, so register early to to secure your spot with us.
Ages: K-12th Grade (Register your wrestler for the grade they were in during the 2025-2026 schoolyear.)
Ability Levels:
BEGINNERS-MODERATE LEVEL WRESTLERS SHOULD ENROLL IN THE “PINNING FOUNDATIONS” COURSE TAUGHT ON MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS. (More info here.)
ADVANCED LEVEL WRESTLERS SHOULD ENROLL IN THE “ADVANCED PINNING” COURSE TAUGHT ON TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS. (More info here.)
(Note: Both courses are highly effective and cover a huge range of breadth and depth giving wrestlers key experience in these important wrestling positions. Be sure to register your wrestler for the appropriate course. Wrestlers who haven’t done the Foundations course—or have its equivalent in experience—should not register for the Advanced course and will benefit strongly from the Foundations course first. Even many advanced wrestlers benefit greatly by attending the Foundations course and can even register to attend both.)
Practice Times:
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS
4:30-5:45 PM K-3rd Grade (East Wrestling Room)
6:00-8:00 PM 4th-7th Grade PINNING FOUNDATIONS COURSE (Back Wrestling Room)
6:00-8:00 PM 8th-12th Grade PINNING FOUNDATIONS COURSE (East Wrestling Room)
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
4:30-6:30 PM 4th-9th Grade ADVANCED PINNING COURSE (East Wrestling Room)
6:30-8:30 PM 10th-12th Grade ADVANCED PINNING COURSE (East Wrestling Room)
Club/Team Affiliations Invited: This camp is not affiliated with any particular high school or program but is open to all to come and learn and take back to their home programs.
Location: Sanderson Wrestling Academy, 845 N. 400 E., Bountiful, Utah
Tuition: $265 Session 1; $150 Session 2 (“Leg Riders Only!” course extension)
REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS TWO SIMPLE STEPS:
STEP 1: PURCHASE OR RENEW USA WRESTLING ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP:
USA Wrestling “Limited Folkstyle” Membership required ($20 annual). This must be purchased before you can register for the training. It can be purchased at www.usawmembership.com. Current membership id # will be required for club training registration. Click this tab below to purchase or update your USA Wrestling membership:
CLICK HERE TO GET USA WRESTLING MEMBERSHIP
STEP 2: REGISTER FOR UNIVERSITY OF WRESTLING SUMMER COURSE
To register and secure your spot in the 2026 UNIVERSITY OF WRESTLING summer program, click the button below:
REGISTER FOR 2025 UNIVERSITY OF WRESTLING SUMMER SESSION (LINK COMING SOON)
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF WRESTLING
EXCELLENCE IN WRESTLING INSTRUCTION
The University of Wrestling was founded to provide better opportunities to master the sport of wrestling for wrestlers, coaches, parents, and officials. Like a university, it offers events, training opportunities, and classes that are objective-driven, taught and guided by some of the best teachers in the sport.
SYSTEMATIC TRAINING FOR WRESTLERS
Our training and competition opportunities provide a network of diverse regional training partners and top-level instruction for ages K-12th grade. Learning is scaffolded and age appropriate. Skills are always taught within a “systematic” framework. A system of wrestling is not just a handful of moves or tricks, which is the approach many wrestlers take; instead, it’s a system used to set-up your opponent with simple but proven techniques then capitalizing on the opponent’s reaction to score points, then repeating the process. The best wrestlers and coaches use a system. At all of University of Wrestling courses, a systematic framework is paramount.
ALL PROGRAMS/TEAMS WELCOME!
We are not affiliated with any particular high school or program but are open to all to come and learn and take back to their home programs.