ENoblewrestling Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Curious to see if it was just us, but did anyone else have substantially less skin funk this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Brobst Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Way less. And we couldn't even make them shower after practice at the facility because of distancing. I wonder if all the hand washing and hand sanitizing helped eliminate a lot of it. Sutton047 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetwrestling Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Zero skin forms for us this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Cooper Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Waaaaaaaaay less. It wasn't even close. I've been wondering why this is the case this season, I can't come up with any logical reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcjcjc Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 20 minutes ago, Coach Brobst said: Way less. And we couldn't even make them shower after practice at the facility because of distancing. I wonder if all the hand washing and hand sanitizing helped eliminate a lot of it. Less wrestling partners and less giant tournaments decreased skin diseases. I seem to remember most skin disease coming after individual tournaments and not super duals. XCard and Coach Brobst 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) I'd also say that with many teams having less mutli-dual meets that was less rolling around on a mat tracked all over by multiple shoes that were everywhere on the gym floor. Especially if some locations mopped mats in between sessions. I believe about as many skin diseases comes from that surface contact as it does from contact with another wrestler during a match. Edited February 25, 2021 by MattM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Brobst Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Just now, Jcjcjc said: Less wrestling partners and less giant tournaments decreased skin diseases. I seem to remember most skin disease coming after individual tournaments and not super duals. That's probably true as well. Mats getting cleansed between rounds probably helped with this as well. formercollegekid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseofadifferentcolor Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I definitely think the emphasis on mat cleanings paid off this season! I think I saw just two skin issues all year that weren't covered by appropriate paperwork and one of those just happened at a middle school dual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Ratliff Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I'm pretty sure the most disgusting thing in wrestling is watching our wrestlers go into the disgusting bathrooms and then walk out and step on the mat and wrestle someone. Jhaler08 and Y2CJ41 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Time Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 ^^THIS^^ At the highest level BJJ tournaments, you must wear street shoes to the bathroom. If spotted not following this rule, you can be disqualified. Similarly, if spotted wearing street shoes on the mat, you can be disqualified. I would even love to see coaches who are on the mats pre-tournament either bring a pair of wrestling shoes or at least be in their socks. Another big difference this year was that fans, parents and siblings didn't have access to the competition floor. This significantly cut down on the number of kids running about on the mats and Cousin Larry showing off the move that worked for him in the 1987 Nowheresville District 2A qualifier. The mats are for the wrestlers. bdavidson, littlevito and Greg Ratliff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artesianwrestling Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) We had 28 dual meets (5 Super Duals), conference, and state tournament series. Zero skin infection. Edited February 25, 2021 by artesianwrestling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcochran Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 No skin funk from us this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcorntr Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Zero forms, zero issues. I'm with Coach Cooper...seems like there should be a logical explanation, but I don't have one. Probably a combination of factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbulldog152 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I had to have forms filled out twice, I think normal for my team is 2-4. I believe the emphasis on mats getting clean and over all hygiene has been a big part on it. I also believe a part of it for us and other teams was not changing wrestling partners as much. In the past would try to change partners as much as possible with some practice having wrestlers have up to 6 partners. This year wrestlers mainly just stuck to the same partner with switching only happening due to injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakecw001 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 As a ref, weighing in singles covers a lot of stuff. Middle school gets pretty bad sometimes because they don't weigh in before matches. I've caught some on the mat while wrestling and told the coach about it... not sure how to feel about doing weigh-ins that way yet. I had ringworm a couple years back and couldn't kill it, so I'm always looking hard at weigh-ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, bakecw001 said: Middle school gets pretty bad sometimes because they don't weigh in before matches. I've caught some on the mat while wrestling and told the coach about it... not sure how to feel about doing weigh-ins that way yet. Even if it’s only looking over the exposed skin (what’s outside of a singlet) it seems like a skin check should be done even if the MS doesn’t have official weigh-ins. It boggles my mind how much of the wresting rules are already “pick and choose” at the MS level, but spreading a problematic skin disease shouldn’t be something skipped for the coaches convenience/time. Jcjcjc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakecw001 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) 54 minutes ago, MattM said: Even if it’s only looking over the exposed skin (what’s outside of a singlet) it seems like a skin check should be done even if the MS doesn’t have official weigh-ins. It boggles my mind how much of the wresting rules are already “pick and choose” at the MS level, but spreading a problematic skin disease shouldn’t be something skipped for the coaches convenience/time. Middle school is a lot of coaches trust kind of thing. Weigh-ins aren't required and there really isn't a quote 'rulebook' or even set weight classes. Im ok with skin checks and even weigh-ins at that level, but if a coach has a kid with a skin problem and wrestles him without weigh-in scheduled... I blame him. Middle school is kind of like the wild west. Athletic trainers also did skin checks for the first half of the season. Coaches had to have doc along with weigh-in sheets. If athletic directors scheduled a weigh-in or skin check I'd show up and do it, but they don't want to be there for middle school wrestling. I carry spray and fungal cream that I appy before and after duals. Also, I only had 2 or three forms to check this year. Hats off to coaches and covid rules i guess. Edited March 2, 2021 by bakecw001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 "Middle school is kind of like the wild west." I literally use that statement when trying to explain MS wrestling to people. It's its own world for sure. My goal before my son is out of MS (just finished his 5th grade year) is to unify weights as much as possible. I encourage our coach to hold up away matches if schools won't conform to our weights. Why is our weights the best? Well b/c I'm TripleB! (It's also the ISWA MS Dual weights). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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