It's probably one of the most entertaining things to watch in youth sports.  Little wrestlers with oversized headgear locked in a titanic struggle to capture the elusive takedown to win the match.  All the while mom and dad, grandma and grandpa with video camera in tow earnestly help the coach in yelling instructions.  In unison, "spin behind him, Spin behind him, SPIN BEHIND him."  From a distance the technique on the mat with the intense coaching and pleading from the corner, takes on an almost comical feel.  But, years from now with practice, training, and countless hours of mat-time behind him the young wrestler will have advanced light years from the beginning technique of  "spin behind him."      Wrestlers starting out in the sport at some point in time learn the spin drill.  One wrestler in the down position his partners chest to his back, spins to his left a short whistle burst sounds, and the wrestler on top begins to spin the other direction.  The spin drill is the necessary beginning for coaches starting to teach motion from a close contact position.  Wrestlers are encouraged to be quick with short choppy steps that spring around the bottom man.  Eventually coaches instruct kids on the bottom to stop the spinning man holding up one arm, forcing the top man to change directions.      Kids in youth practices perform the spin-drill with such intensity that shirts become intertwined and the top man loses his balance from dizziness.  All the while coaches are working hard to teach the youth to move in defense of an opponent's shot.      Once wrestlers are successful at keeping balance and moving quickly in the spinning position, it is helpful to then progress the athlete's footwork.  Although wrestlers will still need to practice the basic skill in the spin drill and the speed it entails, at some point they'll need to learn to high-leg out of a grip.   (See a wrestler high-leg out of a defender's shot.)  The high-leg motion that wrestlers should learn is a great movement skill that will help increase a wrestler's hip-heisting ability.      To teach the steps of hi-legging, practice using the motion from the spin drill position.  Starting in front of the opponent's head and moving to the right, have the moving wrestler (the attacker) cross-step under with his left leg.  After the cross-step under, the attacker's right leg--his throw-leg continues the motion.  Then, the wrestler will high-leg with his left leg. Following the high-leg step the wrestler will then cross step under with his right leg.  Eventually, with practice a wrestler should build speed and be able to repeatedly cross-step, throw-step, high-leg, cross-step around an opponent.  Of course, this motion skill should be perfected to both directions.       The ability to high-leg in close contact is a necessary skill in wrestling.  At some point mom, dad, and coach begin to realize that "spin-behind" just doesn't get the job done anymore.  Young to experienced wrestlers at some point give up a shot and they are forced to fight against an opponent's grip on their leg.  The skill of high-legging out of the lock advances a wrestler's ability to move effectively by increasing the pressure on the opponent's grasping hands.      In practicing the high-legging drill wrestlers can see that their hands are more available to them to peel the opponent's grip and perfect a go-behind for the score.  Wrestlers will then have the ability to spin behind quickly, but if they are slowed by an attacker's lock on their leg, then they can switch to the high-leg motion to break the grip and go-behind.      In the close contact situations that arise from an opponent's shot, wrestlers must build upon the basic skill of motion.  Wrestlers have to be able to quickly move in all directions and counter the attack in an effort to score.  The mindset of defending or fighting off an attack doesn't win matches by itself.  Wrestlers must find ways to score and win.  A real key in scoring is feeling comfortable in using motion in all directions against an opponent's shot.      Wrestler's learn early on to square off and limp leg against an attack.   (See a wrestler limp-legging and facing his opponent.) This ability of course is important in stopping the initial attack.  There are many different directions and motions that a defender can use to maintain balance and reposition in order to seek the score.  Kerry McCoy, 2001 World Team member, demonstrates the motion skill of limp-legging out of a single leg shot.   (See McCoy escape a shot.) Competitive wrestlers should be able to move from contact in all directions.      Typically wrestlers, when faced with an opponent's leg attack a wrestler will only sprawl and spin towards the reaching arm of the shooter.  Wrestlers should learn that motion to the far side is still possible and when successfully learned can advance a wrestler's takedown skills.   (See a wrestler attacking to the far side of a shot.)  The drive-switch to the far side is similar to reaching for a switch from the bottom position.  The defending wrestler sits to his hip as he drives to the far leg.  The defender will work into a seated position, much like a hurdler's stretch. This far side attack gives a wrestler another option in defense of the single leg.      To go with the ability to high-leg to the nearside, limp-leg away from a shot, and drive-switch to the far side, wrestlers can learn more advanced motion skills off of an opponent's shot.  The motions of spinning-off a shot and back-stepping over a single are advanced motion skills.  In order to perfect the timing, and balance required in these maneuvers a wrestler must practice these repeatedly.      Both skills require collapsing a hip on to the attacker's back.  The spin-off is best hit quickly after an opponent's shot.  Timing is a key element in spinning-off the shot.  Once wrestlers learn the basic motion of the spin-off, then heavy emphasis should be put on practicing the move off of a drilling partner's sweep single.  Essentially a spin-off is a hard rotation back to the shooter's hips.  Instead of squaring off and trying to get chest weight on the shooter, the defender collapses his hip with the shot while reaching back and catching the far hip of the shooter.   (See a spin-off from an opponent's shot.)     The back-step over a single unlike the spin-off is most commonly attempted from a prolonged struggle after a single leg attempt.  A wrester that fights off the initial shot but still has an opponent locked on his leg, should try to work the defender down lower on the leg towards the ankle.   (See Brandon Slay's Russian opponent, Satiev, hit a back-step over in the 2000 Olympics.)   As the defender slides down the leg, space is created to allow a wrestler to move back to the other side.      Generally a wrestler should be able to position himself into a crotch lift, as in the Slay-Satiev example.  From there the wrestler should elevate his opponent's hips, while driving off the soles of his feet.  The goal is to stand his opponent on his head, while working his leg free to go-behind for the takedown.      However, sometimes a wrestler may back-step over to deep and miss the crotch lift.  During these struggles wrestlers will be in a low-single scramble situation.  When this occurs the defender of the shot should have an advantage because he has created the scramble.  If he is prepared to win the position, he will aggressively sprawl his legs free and earn a go-behind takedown.   (See a wrestler back-step over in to the low-single position and fight for the score.)      Occasionally wrestlers will face situations where an opponent elevates their leg in to a tree-top position.  Even in these cases a well-practiced defender still has motion available to him to help counter the attack.  Wrestlers with hopping and jump