 Coach Acosta why does nobody show bottom technique tell me that let's talk about that first you're here at C3 doing some recruiting for life Why are you the only person who wants to show bottom technique? You know I don't know you know a lot of coaches get caught up on teaching you know stuff on their feet because neutral It's a position where you can score more points. However in my opinion. I saw college wrestler I struggled a lot on bottom so I feel like If I had somebody you know catch me early on and teach me some good bottom work I would have been a little bit more successful in college So therefore you know I want to share my experience and share you know how to get out of bottom Did you grow up wrestling freestyle in the Dominican Republic? You know actually did judo a little bit in the Dominican Republic and then I I moved to Miami, Florida I went to a high school there. South-Dade high school down in Miami. Lugos are from South-Dade. Yes Lugos from South-Dade Yeah, I know them since they're they were little kids and their parents actually to take me out to different tournaments I don't know Florida, so I'm really thankful for what they did for me. Okay I look at it, but you know you got a late start on wrestling your folk style. Yes Getting off the bottom is huge. You're a college coach now. You guys are an AI, right? Yes So you look at life. It's a huge chiropractic school and pre-med school type biology major stuff like that You look at that and you know you come up here now. You're you're teaching guys You know you guys have a big roster, right? Yes, we do. You got to get guys off the bottom How important is it you know in the college game? You know my coach always told me that if you can't get out of bottom You should not win a college match and you know especially when you transition to college wrestling You have to you have to got a bottom because you know writing time is a big factor So you know getting my guys used to getting out of bottom choosing bottom even if it doesn't feel like and they have to do Anyway, because that's how you get better when you do things anyway. You're junior college national champ Yes, you know a little bit about wrestling. Yes, you wrestled at a pretty high level. You wrestled a grand view They're pretty good. They went a lot. What do you think you've done and what have you taken from all the places? You've either wrestled or coached now. How are you applying it and making life? You know a power in the NAI. You know I wrestled Saturday Like I said coach Victor Vamacita and my coach Doug Rainer. He did a good job You know bringing me up and teaching me the fundamentals of wrestling and the mindset I will bond see a high-grade coaches coach Robinson He did a good job and I'm coach Jeff and I got their positive attitude and then I went to Grandview And they're just some bad dudes over there and I was able to compete and they were the ones that actually raised the level higher and I coached at Grandview I coached at the Coast Guard Academy with with a good guy there So there I got a little bit more of my coaching philosophy and then now I'm trying to mix all the coaching experience that I have there I'm trying to make it my own and it's going successful so far I have my first national champion and we placed top three the two years I've been here at national duels and we've been in the top ten every year that I've been here You know you look at life. How do you sell it to people? It's in Georgia You know, it's a great pre-med school. You're getting a good degree from how do you sell it to some guy? What do you say to a recruiter and what are you looking for in a record? You know I believe that wrestling is a tool that we could use to change your life And you know I use the word life a lot just because you know wrestling did a lot in my life And I could bring kids here and change and really change your life and we're not just a chiropractic school We also have a business degree. We have a positive psychology degree We'll have other degrees that co-offer and I just want to make sure I bring guys here and show them that what I'm about I'm a true firm believer that wrestling is a tool that we could use to change your life and do better get a college degree You know I came from a place that you know not a lot of people get college degrees And right now I have my master's and have a green job my full-time job is to you know coach You know coach at life University where you started to where you are now could you have pictured it as a kid? No, not really not coming up in Dominican Republic man That is a rough place and I'm pretty blessed that God blessed me with the opportunity to get out of there and and do a sport such Stop wrestling so I could pay back and help out kids like myself. How much fun is this to come to recruit? You know this is quite cool to you. You know it gets pretty warm down there, right? The Dominican Republic and then South Florida. Oh, yeah real warm down there, right? What's this like to use be able to come into room all these kids are functioning pretty high it with the under It's 9,500 degrees in here What's it like for you to be able to come here and see kids grinding through that? You know, I want to first thank you know compound for allowing me to give me the opportunity to invite me here You know, it's a great opportunity for me to meet all the best kids in the you know I run Georgia and a couple of best kids in the country. There's kids that flew out of here from everywhere So he gives me a better perspective on recruiting, you know overall and I get to show my vision I get to find kids. I want to live their right lifestyle and come to life and be better people All right, they're gonna do these tests right now. What are you looking for when a guy's climbing the rope right now? Or doing the pull-up. What are you looking for? I look for the fastest guy and good technique, man A lot of people you know get the technique wrong by that guy you see he's took in the leg So he's making sure he's not gonna bust his butt. So I look for the right technique when I'm recruiting pull ups Pull ups. Look at that. He's you know, I would like a little bit of more I want him to stand his elbows more a little bit, but he's not gonna mount you guys You want guys to keep get that extra one to it extra one. That's that's what makes a difference You know when you do it anyway, that's how you want, you know, all right. You got anything else for me Hey, thanks for the time. Good luck to you guys moving forward and great technique on the bottom. All right. Thank you