Do you love parterre? There is an entire universe of wrestling that happens when the feet leave the mat. Getting to spend time with the next generation of beasts on the U17 and U20 National Teams, diving into my absolute favorite part of the sport: parterre. To the untrained eye, ground wrestling looks like a scramble. But to us, it’s high-stakes chess where the human body becomes both the lock and the key. Parterre forces you to understand leverage on a visceral level. It’s about how a millimetre of hip pressure can completely take away someone’s oxygen, or how a perfectly timed explosive drive can turn a dead-end position into a cascade of turns. If you want to step on top of a podium, you cannot be a one-dimensional wrestler. You have to be lethal on the ground. These women brought the focus and the fight today. The future of Team USA is in incredible hands. 🇺🇸🤼‍♀️ . . . #Parterre #WrestlingPhysics #LeverageAndPower #MatScience #TheArtOfWrestling