Do you recommend any summer wrestling camps near Illinois (Chicago area)? Any feedback about Nick Purler vs Tony Purler camps in MO?

[likewrestling]

I want to send my middle school son to a wrestling camp in summer 2025.

I was surprised to learn that there are 2 Purler brothers (Nick and Tony) and both run competing wrestling camps in MO.

Does anyone have any feedback on their camps? Any good camps in Illinois (Chicago area)?

[flyingcement]

@ILLINIWrestlingBlog is the regional expert

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

33 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

@ILLINIWrestlingBlog is the regional expert

I always hate to do lists for fear of leaving somebody off. However, there are a lot of great choices in the area.

 

Relentless Training Center

Jordan Blanton & Ryan Prayer

Chicago area

 

Built by Brunson

Zac Brunson

Chicago area

 

Izzy Style

Izzy Martinez

Chicago area

 

Beat the Streets 

Chicago

 

Iron Sharpens Iron

Bloomington ILLINOIS & Fort Dodge Iowa

 

Collum Trained

Missouri

 

Purler

Missouri

 

 

 

 

[Konquest]

Anything from Askren Wrestling Academy in terms of summer camps is going to be less than 2 hours from Chicago area.

[likewrestling]

Thank you all for the links! We live in a NW suburb of the Chicago area.

It would be great if there were 1 day or 2 day weekend camps during the season (Dec 2024-Feb 2025) so he can improve his technique.

Any recommendations on an inexpensive but good quality online wrestling program to follow  or subscribe to to improve his technique?

Edited December 8, 2024 by likewrestling

[likewrestling]

we just returned from a 2 day "Throwdown" camp by Tony Purler in Kansas City. (He is a coaching competitor of his twin brother Nick who is in St Louis) It was more a competition preparedness camp rather than a training camp for techniques. after driving over 1000 miles round-trip, we are tired out and really want to find good quality camps in the NW suburbs of Chicago!

[likewrestling]

On 12/7/2024 at 7:53 PM, Konquest said:

Anything from Askren Wrestling Academy in terms of summer camps is going to be less than 2 hours from Chicago area.

But we cant do driving 2+2=4 hours daily.

Edited December 23, 2024 by likewrestling