The step slide high crotch finish is a crucial skill to understand if someone wants to compete at a high level. When skilled athletes are competing against each other, finishing will almost always require re-penetrating at least once in order to score.
Basic High Crotch: The Prerequisite To The Step Slide Finish
In order to effectively execute this technique, athletes need to understand the proper technique to the high crotch leg attack. This includes the setup, the penetration, and finish. After an athlete understands the foundation to this position, the step slide finish can improve an athlete’s finishing percentage when competing against other elite wrestlers.
The Third Way To Finish From This Position
In addition to the step slide finish, there is also the Crackdown finish, which often will present itself when you’re executing the step slide and your opponent is so skilled that they keep adjusting making it harder to finish across to the double leg. The Crackdown finish is often option 3 when wrestling in this position at an elite level.
