Novice Info

Novice Information

There are 14 weight classes in High School wrestling, also called Folk Style wrestling. Freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling are other types of wrestling
- High School Weight Classes: 103, 112, 119, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 152, 160, 171, 189, 220, & 275
- The minimum weight that a wrestler can wrestle at is at a 7% body fat level. This weight is determined at the beginning of the season by his "Alpha" weigh-in. See the nutrition page for more information.
- Normally, wrestlers will be required to weigh-in after 3pm the day before a meet or a tournament. Some tournaments require weigh-ins the same day.

High School matches are three, two-minute periods with each wrestler contributing to the teams score in a meet between two teams (duel). 1st OT period is 1 minute, the 2nd, 30 second. OT is sudden death (first points wins)
Individual match points are normally scored by:
- Taking Down your opponent from the neutral or standing position - 2 pts.
- Escaping the control of your opponent - 1 pt
- Reversing control - 2 pts
- Almost pinning your opponent
  - A pin is forcing your opponent's shoulder blades to the mat for 2 full seconds.
  - 2 or 3 points are awarded for "almost" pinning your opponent.
Team points are scored as follows:
- Decision - 3 pts. Winning by less than 8 points
- Major Decision - 4 pts. Winning by 8 to 14 pts.
- Technical Fall - 5 pts. Winning by 15 points. The match stops at 15.
- Pinning your opponent, or Fall points - 6 pts.
Team Tournament Scoring scoring varies widely.
- Most tournaments award advancement points for winning and then "extra" points for
  - Major Decisions
  - Technical Falls
  - Pins
- Typical scoring is:
  - 1 or 2 points for advancing
  - 1, 1.5, or 2 points for Major Decision, Tech, and Pins respectively.
- Placing in the finals is were the "big" points are scored. Winners are often awarded 10 to 30 points depending on place and size of the tournament.

First period: Wrestlers begin on their feet, facing each other. This is called the neutral position. From this position, each wrestler tries to take down his opponent down to the mat. If he does and gains control he is awarded a 2 point "take down".
The second period will begin with a coin toss. The winner has the option of starting in the neutral position, starting down (defense - under his opponent control ) or on top (offense - in control of his opponent). He can also defer the choice to his opponent and get his choice at the beginning of the third period.
The third period will begin by giving the loser of the 2nd period coin toss (or the coin toss winner if he deferred) his choice of neutral, defense, offense (Up, Down, or Top).

Offense: The offense wrestler can only score by pinning or almost pinning the defense wrestler. If the offense wrestler can push his opponents shoulder blades past 90^oto the mat for at least 2 seconds he is awarded 2 pts. If he can maintain his opponents shoulder blades past 90^oto the mat for 5 or more seconds he is awarded 3 pts.
Defense: The defensive wrestler can score in two ways 1) by reversing his opponent or gaining control 2) by escaping the control of his opponent ( thus moving to the neutral position ).

More information: Uncertain, confused? Ask anyone. You'll have lots of time at tournaments.

Hygiene

To avoid fungal infections of the skin (like ringworm) and bacterial skin infections (like impetigo, staph - MRSA)

This Oakland County brochure has addition info on MRSA and prevention information that is good may communicable diseases.