ABOUT

HALL OF FAME INNOVATION:
CARL ADAMS

Carl Adams started A&W Wrestling over 45 years ago. He is also a
Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, a former
four time National Champion, World Team Member and Coach at the D-
1 college level for 41 years. He is considered by many to be one of the
most innovative wrestling minds in the history of our sport. He has
been introducing ground breaking and innovative wrestling products to
the market since graduating from Iowa State University in 1973. While
at Iowa State, he became the first true freshman to earn All American
honors. He also won two NCAA Championships and was a member of
three NCAA Championship Teams. Carl hosted the World Class
Wrestling Institute for 34 consecutive years. It was considered by
many to be one of the best wrestling camp in the country. Over 20,000
students attended. He has written three very popular instructional
wrestling books and his 9 instructional wrestling videos sold over
100,000 copies.
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Carl also invented the ADAM Takedown Machine. He was only 23
years old when he designed and got a patent on wrestling's first
mechnical and spring loaded full body training device
During September of 2003, Carl Adams, felt that there was a
tremendous need for what is now called the Snap and Shoot Takedown
System.
The Snap and Shoot Takedown Training System, offers wrestlers an
opportunity to improve specific power, conditioning, and speed. A
wrestler can also work toward perfecting their overall attack and their
take-downs at a level that is unprecedented in the history of our sport.
Carl Adams invented the Takedown Defender during the summer of
2006. The Takedown Defender is already being called by many the
most productive training device ever for the sport of wrestling. It is the
first and only training device used specifically for working on takedown
defense.
In 2013, ten years after the introduction of the Snap and Shoot, A+W
Wrestling unveiled two new essential training devices: the Iowa Style
Snapper and the JOBO Takedown Trainer. Both of these devices build
upon the training effects introduced with the Snap and Shoot by
allowing wrestlers to focus on developing head attacking and leg
attacking skills separately.
In 2018 Carls drive for perfection has continued. The Super Snap and
Shoot is a compilation of the best of everything Carl knows about
wrestling and developing the best possible training equipment for
wrestling and other combative sports. We believe the Super Snap and
Shoot will go down in history as one of the best wrestling training
devices ever.
The primary focus of our training devices is to help wrestlers become
more powerful, more efficient, and better conditioned when attacking
opposing wrestlers on their feet. Used together, the Snap and Shoot,
the Iowa Style Snapper, the JOBO Takedown Trainer and JOBO Blast
help wrestlers develop a more complete training routine.
We hope that you like our contributions to the sport of wrestling and
MMA and use them to help you reach your maximum potential.



A and W Wrestling is a subsidiary of Adams Athletics INC