Thorn Wrestling
Wrestling camps for serious Youth & HS wrestlers. Time tested System that works at the highest levels
David Thorn's - Thorn Wrestling Camps were created with the idea of creating the ideal training environment. Small group camps of kids the same size and ability, out in the country for 3-5 days making for a NO DISTRACTIONS environment. At camp we teach a system of wrestling that helped the Thorn brothers - David, Mike, and Tommy - win a state record 11 state titles and become the only trio in Gopher history to each attain All American status.
08/09/2024
Fall Camp 2024🍁
Registration is now open! October 18-20th! Get tuned up for season down at The Farm! Visit our website to get signed up! .com
01/09/2024
Summer #10 in the books! Thank you to everyone who came out to The Farm this summer as well as all of those who have joined us the past decade! Have a great start to your school year!
23/08/2024
Summer #10 at The Farm is a wrap! Thank you to all of the campers who made the trip this summer! We hope you enjoyed your time at The Farm and wish you luck this wrestling season!
Thank you to the parents for getting your kids to and from the farm, some traveling lots of miles to be here!
Huge thank you to our counselors who always go the extra mile to make The Farm an excellent training environment.
Thank you and hope to see everyone soon!
(July & August camp photos below)
29/07/2024
June wrap up from The Farm! We apologize for getting behind in our social media and will be posting all camp photos!
June 21-22: We had Gopher Legend and NCAA champ Jayson Ness come down for a Technique Camp. Thank you Jayson for your phenomenal coaching and giving the campers a clinic in your patented half Nelson series!
We had former gophers & All- Americans Brett Pfarr & Michael Kroells visit The Farm in June. Not only did they treat the campers to a great practice they also made sure to get in a few games of spike ball! Work hard play hard!
June 23-27: A tough group of 5 day campers! Thank you for coming to The Farm, we hope it was a great piece to your summer training!
June 28-30 Youth Camp- Youth Campers always bring the energy and we love the drive from the up and comers of our sport!
Thank you to all of our counselors that joined us in June. We appreciate you giving back to the sport, and sharing your passion for wrestling!
03/07/2024
June 16-20 camp. A bunch of HS studs scrapped it out for 5 days. Thank you counselors Isaiah, Jager, Drew, and Leo for helping create an awesome training environment. Thank you to Kaukauna head coach Jeff Matczak for bringing out an excellent group and staying for 5 days. Thank you campers for embracing the grind and putting your best foot forward every day. We appreciate you!
13/06/2024
June 9-13 Camp
Thank you to all of our counselors this week for your dedication as well as the campers for giving your max effort! Great work boys!
09/06/2024
June 7-9 Youth Camp. These guys got after it and committed to getting better the last three days. Thanks for working hard campers and counselors!
07/06/2024
June 2-6 HS camp. Thank you for the hard work both campers and counselors. The fur was flying at camp this week! Special thanks to Matt Petersen, Jager Eisch, Isaiah Rodriguez, Cael Rahnavardi, & Caleb Vancura for a great week of counseling and to gopher coach Zach Sanders for running some excellent technique sessions. Also big thanks to coach Randy & his wife Kaela Hanson of South Anchorage, AK & Kaukauna, WI coaches Bob, Carson, & Chip for bringing their team out and staying and training! What a great 5 days!
03/06/2024
Great camp to kick off the summer! These ladies are tough! Thank you Savannah Vold and Gabby Torgerson for the help!
01/01/2024
2024 Summer Intensive Girls Camp Dates!
Registration opens tomorrow! Hope to see you at The Farm this summer!
01/01/2024
2024 Summer Intensive Camp Dates!
Registration opens tomorrow! Hope to see you at The Farm this summer!
26/12/2023
Merry Christmas!🎄 We hope everyone had a very blessed day!
A good stance and learning how to move your feet efficiently is the foundation of wrestling from the neutral position both offensively and defensively!
With these benefits in mind here is our
❗️12 Week Stance and Motion Challenge to build winning habits leading up to wrestling season❗️
Weeks 1 & 2 - 1 minute every day
Weeks 3-12 bump it up 30 seconds every week until you hit 6 minutes in week 12.
In this video 6 basic skills are shown that we practice routinely during stance and motion but there are many many more a person could implement to get repetition.
1. Square stance - feet a little wider than shoulder width, knees bent, elbows in, circling side to side moving feet only a few inches at a time.
2. Attack Stance/Stagger Stance - move forward, move backward, trail leg foot at a 45 degree angle, most attacks happen from this stance and you should be able to shoot to both of your opponents legs from this stance.
3. Body Fake - Level change, jab step lead foot a few inches, hand fake. Keeps opponent off balance and guessing.
4. Head Hands Circle - First line of defense is your head. Bringing hands to mat forces head level to lower and train feet to retreat but then circle to an angle to score on a reshot or go behind
5. Sprawl - opponent got past our head and now we must stop them with our hips. Circle to the bent leg to score go behind
6. Shot - knee over toe, outside step, single leg knee spin. Learning how to change levels and pe*****te to opponents legs is one of the harder things to do in wrestling. Getting the reps in through stance and motion with no resistance is key.
The benefits of stance and motion are huge - strength and endurance in the legs hips low back and lungs, speed & timing, repetition of basic skills from neutral that win matches all without the necessity of a partner or even a wrestling mat.
04/09/2023
Happy Labor Day from The Farm!🇺🇸
28/08/2023
Grateful for another summer working at The Farm!
Thank you to all the campers for training with us, staff for your dedication and families for your commitment to your wrestlers!
Summer #9 is in the books!👏🏻
22/08/2023
Wrapped up the camp season with one heck of an August!!
To all the campers that gave their max effort and earned their t-shirt we hope you all wrapped up your summer with a sense of accomplishment! Thank you for training at The Farm!
To every counselor thank you for your time and dedication to our sport. You each contribute so much to our camp and the overall camp experience. We thank you for all you do!
31/07/2023
JULY 23-27 CAMP
This was the hottest camp of the summer and they had attitudes of champions.
Many of these kids have been attending since they were youth campers and are emerging onto the HS wrestling scene. Can’t wait to see all the success this crew has. Your commitment to the sport is commendable!
Thank you counselors for a great week!
21/07/2023
July 16-20th Camp!
One of our youngest groups of 5 day campers and they absolutely crushed it! Watch out for these guys in the future they are already a group of 🔨!Thank you to the campers and counselors for dedicating 5 straight days to wrestling, great job boys!
14/07/2023
July 6-8 Youth Camp & July 9-13 MS/HS Camp.
Proud of these two groups for grinding through camp and earning that t-shirt! Hope you all have a great rest of your summer! Huge thank you to our counselors, thank you for pouring your love of wrestling into the next generation!
04/07/2023
Happy 4th of July!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
03/07/2023
JUNE! What a month! Thank you to our campers and counselors for grinding it out at The Farm!
Special thanks to our Technique Camp clinicians Chris Dardanes and Mikey Labriola! Looking forward to kicking things back off after the 4th of July!
10/06/2023
First Youth Camp of the season! Work hard play hard is all these campers know!
Thanks to the campers for staying tough & bringing all the energy…and thank you to our counselors for keeping up with their energy!!😆💪
10/06/2023
Always fun to kick off the summer with a group of high school hammers!🔨
Thank you for coming down to the farm and training “Rocky” style for 5 days. As always a huge thank you to our counselors! Have a great rest of your summer!
14/03/2023
2023 WALL OF FAME
As kids start to independently chase goals in wrestling, winning a HS state title is often one of the first and therefore one of the most meaningful.
Congrats to these guys who etched their names in the history books this past month. Your commitment to the sport of wrestling is commendable!
23/02/2023
First EVER girls wrestling camps at The Farm this August!
2023 Summer Camp registration is NOW OPEN!
Happy New Year! 🎉
Register at https://www.thornwrestling.com/registration
30/12/2022
2023 Summer Camp Dates. Registration opens January 1st!
25/12/2022
Merry Christmas from our family to yours! 🌲🎁
25/11/2022
ONE Week Out!! Our Holiday Gear drop starts Friday, December 2nd at 10am!❄️
19/11/2022
❄️HOLIDAY GEAR DROP❄️
We are TWO weeks out from our Holiday Gear Drop! Our store will open at 10am Friday, December 2nd and close at 8pm Sunday, December 4th!
How our Gear Drop Works: We have youth- adult sizes available and it is first come first serve. Our store will close either when the gear is sold out or Sunday, December 4th . We will begin mailing out your gear Monday, December 5th so it is in your hands before the Holidays!
More information on our online store and gear pricing to follow! Happy Holidays!🎅🏼❄️
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