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Building   Your   Game   Plan   –   Starting   Sheet  

www.GrapplersGuide.com   

The   Purpose:  

(While you can start building your style early please remember that if you are 

a novice/beginner or white belt you should also make sure you have strong 

fundamentals.  As you work into the intermediate and upper blue belt and 

above stages, that is where it really starts to become important to find YOUR 

OWN style and then build from there.   This also helps in shortening and even 

preventing some training plateaus.)  So   Build   Your   Fundamentals   First   Then  

Build   Your   Style!  

The purpose of the “Building Your Game Plan – Starting Sheet” is to help you start 

building your own style.  As you train and you get better it starts to become 

important to build your own style and do things that work for YOU and not just 

everyone else.  That is what makes grappling a true martial “art”.  Once you build 

your own style and get good at the things that work for you then you’ll truly start to 

excel.   A very common thing that happens is the grappling student gets focused 

on just learning and adding everything their coach teaches them in class.  You 

want to avoid this because then you start becoming a “Jack of All Trades, 

Maser of None”.  Find what you like in that your coach teaches in class and 

what you feel comfortable with and then go from there.  DON’T BE A 

COLLECTER OF TECHNIQUES 

How   To   Use   “Building   Your   Game   Plan   –   Starting   Sheet”  

1. Start with Standing  – When you start this sheet you should start from the 

“Standing” section in the middle and then work your way around the game 

plan sheet from there.  The reason for this is because all matches start from 

the feet.  You should have a standing game plan REGARDLESS if you are good 

at takedowns or not.  You can put a takedown you like or are starting to like, 

different ways to pull guard, etc… 

2. Build from Standing  – Next once you have your list of things you like to do 

from the “All Matches Start from Standing” section then build off of each 

listed item in that section.  For example one thing you have in the standing 

section might be to “jump closed guard” then start filling in the “I Have 

Closed Guard” section because that’s where you’ll end up if you jump to the 

closed guard.  Then the second item you have in the standing section might 

be “double leg takedown” then go to the “In Opponent’s Closed Guard” 

section and list your items there, as you might end up in their closed guard.  

You can also possibly go to the “I Have Half Guard On Top” section or even 

the “I’m On Top” as those are possible areas you might end up in off of a 

double leg takedown. Next might be “pull open guard” then you would go and 

fill in the “I have Open Guard” section, and so on.  THE   PURPOSE   OF   YOU  

DOING   IT   THIS   WAY   IS   TO   HELP   YOU   ACTUALLY   THINK   ABOUT   HOW   YOUR  

GAMEPLAN   WILL   PAN   OUT   IN   YOUR   MIND   WHILE   YOU   ARE   WRITING   IT  

DOWN   INSTEAD   OF   JUST   FILLING   IN   AREAS   RANDOMLY.  

3. Build Off The Other Position  – Once you have filled in the sections that 

stemmed off of the “All Matches Start From Standing” section then go to one 

of the other filled in sections, look at it and see what section may stem off of 

an item on the list.  For example if you have the “I Have Closed Guard” section 

filled in and one of the items is in that section is “scissor sweep” then the 

section you may want to fill in next would be the “I Have Mount” section 

because with that sweep you’ll probably end up there.   THE   PURPOSE   OF  

YOU   DOING   IT   THIS   WAY   IS   TO   HELP   YOU   ACTUALLY   THINK   ABOUT   HOW  

YOUR   GAMEPLAN   WILL   PAN   OUT   IN   YOUR   MIND   WHILE   YOU   ARE   WRITING  

IT   DOWN   INSTEAD   OF   JUST   FILLING   IN   AREAS   RANDOMLY.  

4. Only add things you like to do, things you are getting good at, or things 

that you feel may not be perfect but have potential for your game (you 

are starting to come close with them) –  The purpose for doing it this way 

is so you prevent from writing a huge list in each section of pretty much 

nonsense.  You don’t want things you don’t even try or that look cool but 

you’ve never even tested in practice to see if they would really work or not.  

Don’t worry if you can only think of 1 thing to put in a section or if you can’t 

even think of anything.  If that is the case then you know you are weak in that 

area and you need to focus on that area in practice to find what works for you 

and then build that area up only with options you are starting to feel is 

RIGHT FOR YOU.  DON’T JUST ADD SOMETHING TO FILL THE SPACE.  

Another reason you don’t want to do that is because even if you have just 1 

thing listed in a section you want to find something that may complement 

that one thing so then you can build off of it and then build a system. 

5. You Can Add Systems –  This list doesn’t need to be written in complete 

detail because you should be able to know what it is you wrote down being 

that it’s something you feel good with or see potential in practice with. Now 

lets say for example there is a few very closely linked things that you know 

you like to do and are good at from a particular position such as deep half 

guard for example.  You can write down something like “Deep Half Guard 

Triple Threat” on the list instead of writing down each separate technique. 

6. You Don’t Need To Fill In All Spaces –  In relation to “Step 4” of this form, 

you don’t have to fill in all of the spaces just because there are spaces there.  

You want to try and have at least 2 to 3 options in each section as a general 

rule. However make sure you don’t force it by putting just anything in those 

list spaces that you aren’t even familiar with.  Read Step 4. 

7. Make a Separate Game Plan for Each Style –  If you train No‐Gi grappling 

make a game plan for that style.  If you train Gi grappling then make a game 

plan for that style.  Even if you train both then make a game plan for each 

one.  I myself like to keep both my Gi and No‐Gi styles similar however there 

is usually always something that is different per style.  You want that to be 

reflected in each game plan. 

8. Keep It Simple –  Take notice that with the example game plan that is on the 

last page that there is no huge descriptions and they lists are filled with 

simple descriptions.  Just like your training you don’t want to make your 

learning harder then it needs to be.  Since you are the one writing down these 

sections (possibly with help from your coach) and these things in the lists are 

aspects you like and are working to incorporate you’ll remember them better 

regardless of their simplified descriptions. 

9. Flow Them Together –  Create lines to link each section together 

accordingly.  I good idea is to use colored pencils to make things easier to 

read. Then study how each section flows together. 

10. ACTUALLY PRACTICE THE GAMEPLAN!  – Don’t just do all of this work and 

not use it.  I would say this is the #1 thing that happens.  Drill these situations 

over and over again.  Break your game plan down in sections and then drill 

them.  As you get used to each section it will all come together.   

Talk to your coach – let your coach look at it and explain it to 

him/her.  Analyze it with your coach. 

Practice it after class 

Go through the flow when you are drilling as it is seen in your 

game plan that is written out 

11. Systemize  – The goal it to create a grappling system for yourself.  One that 

works for you over and over again.  Once you feel very good with this system 

then build off of it.  Add to each section but you can break it down more such 

as breaking down each individual list item under each section.  You would 

write down answers to each obstacle you may encounter with each 

individual list in each section.  

Think of your fundamentals as the trunk of a tree and your game plan 

sections as branches that are growing from the tree and little branches 

growing from each bigger branch and so on.  

12. Revisit  – Revisit your game plan constantly.  While you’re not going to 

completely change your game there is always adjustments to be made. The 

people who are great at grappling have options and movements they’ve used 

since they were beginners or white belt or blue belts, and they are still 

successful at them because they never stopped doing them and created 

SYSTEMS around them by adding adjustments. 

13. DRILL IT, DRILL IT, DRILL IT!  – Enough Said 

Building   Your   Game   Plan   –   Starting   Sheet  

www.GrapplersGuide.com   

I Have Closed Guard: 

I Have Open Guard: 

I Have Half Guard On Top: 

1. __________________________________ 

2. __________________________________ 

3. __________________________________ 

4. __________________________________ 

In Opponent’s Closed Guard: 

     Type of Game Plan : _________________ 

In Opponent’s Open Guard 

1. __________________________________ 

2. __________________________________ 

3. __________________________________ 

All Matches Start Standing: 

3. __________________________________ 

4. __________________________________ 

1. __________________________________ 

4. __________________________________ 

2. __________________________________ 

I’m On Top: 

3. __________________________________ 

Caught Under Top Game: 

1. __________________________________ 

4. __________________________________ 

2. __________________________________ 

5. __________________________________ 

3. __________________________________ 

6. __________________________________ 

4. __________________________________ 

I Have Back Mount: 

I’m In Half Guard Bottom: 

1. __________________________________ 

2. __________________________________ 

3. __________________________________ 

4. __________________________________ 

I Have Mount: 

I’m Mounted: 

My Back is Taken: 

1. __________________________________ 

2. __________________________________ 

3. __________________________________ 

4. __________________________________ 

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