mgarrity44 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Interesting Question.... why is it that the US ops for folkstyle wrestling over freestyle in Highschool and college when the olympics is freestyle?? ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_easy Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Interesting Question.... why is it that the US ops for folkstyle wrestling over freestyle in Highschool and college when the olympics is freestyle?? ??? You mean when ALL international wrestling is freestyle (and greco) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Guru Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I'll answer the question with a question. Why is the NCAA DI tournament sold out every year and only small crowds show up for big freestyle events? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearfall_3 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Excellent point the guru. You are exactly correct. Both HS and College NCAA wrestling is fantastic...Freestyle quite frankly boring wrestlings. I mean you have that best of 2.3 format for the periods and the dumbest rulee of all with a clinch. That clinch rule would never ever be used in folkstyle wrestling ever.. Fans want to see points and pins period. Freestyle doesnt allow for that for the most part. Freestyle just not exciting, low scoring, and wasted time with the referee blowing the whistle telling the wrestlers back to neutral..way too much standing around..wasted time Folkstyle is tradition and hopefully remains in the usa for a long time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penn04 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Why do we use the foot and not the meter?! Why do we use the gallon and not the liter?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-train Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Excellent point the guru. You are exactly correct. Both HS and College NCAA wrestling is fantastic...Freestyle quite frankly boring wrestlings. I mean you have that best of 2.3 format for the periods and the dumbest rulee of all with a clinch. That clinch rule would never ever be used in folkstyle wrestling ever.. Fans want to see points and pins period. Freestyle doesnt allow for that for the most part. Freestyle just not exciting, low scoring, and wasted time with the referee blowing the whistle telling the wrestlers back to neutral..way too much standing around..wasted time Folkstyle is tradition and hopefully remains in the usa for a long time! i can barely stay awake watching freestyle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Lardo Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 why not the metric system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WC182Dad Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Refs have a hard enough time scoring folkstyle let alone if it was freestyle at state the bitchin would never quit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 On issue is the high schools concern with safty and freestyle to many may put children in more dangerous positions. Closest thing you will ever get suggested (due to those concerns) is a hybrid style that is basically freestyle with safty adjustments. Though to me freestyle also needs some adjustments at this point as well to get it back to feeling like more of a wrestling competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesster125 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Cause this is AMERICA and we do it our own way!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-train Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 why not the metric system? Because I am not buying gas by the liter (or litre). I measure things for a living, and I am not changing now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headlock83 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I hate watching freestyle. I'd rather watch synchronized swimming. Freestyle in the 70's and 80's wasn't bad, because it was close to folkstyle with subtle differences. Now it is basically like sumo wrestling with that stupid push out rule. I also hate the point for period thing. The period tie break rule is the strangest thing I have ever seen. The colored ball and clinch start. I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosgrove Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 If high school was freestyle i would have not wrestled once the rules changed in freestyale a while ago i quit it and never tried it again kind of sucks i used to like wrestling it but yeah i sure am glad high school and college wrestling is not freestyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
currentwrestler Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I agree that it is a safety thing. Also, I think that insurance has a lot to do with it. A lot of high schools have done away with gymnastics both as a sport and in physical education due to insurance. Notice how very rarely you can find a rope hanging from a gym ceiling? Insurance. There is technically no such thing as a "slam" in Freestyle and Greco. Therefore, when a competitor is thrown to the ground in a suplex, reverse body lift, etc., there can be some devastating blows to the body. When a wrestler picks up his opponent in Folkstyle, the rulebook states that he must, "return him to the mat safely." I am almost positive that these safety rules were put in place for insurance purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearfall_3 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 well stated by the above posters..FS wrestling is simply boring wrestling..nutty rules...just not good old american folksytle wrestling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger.dad Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Cause this is AMERICA and we do it our own way!! WAHOO.......and AMEN!......and we're gonna keep it that way..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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