ENoblewrestling Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 I am writing team expectations and curious when does your team stop allowing wrestle off's to take place. I am debating between the week of conference (week before sectionals for us) or the week before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Brobst Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 We do earlier than conference even--first weekend of January. Barring injury, kids should all have made their way to the weight they want by then and gives them the month of January to wrestle people at that weight for seeding criteria and such. Also ensures they have the 6 qualifying weigh ins on time and nobody is forcing me into last minute changes. In my opinion, Kids should know by the first week after the allowance hits how their bodies feel and what weight they perform best at. Pushing it any later can cause friction in the line-up and doesn't allow any build up of seeding criteria at that weight. To be fair, I care a great deal more about the team aspect of the sport than some coaches, who see it truly as an individual sport only, which drives my decision making on this. OICU182, patriotfan, ENoblewrestling and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrodyHardcastle Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 We used to stop a week or two before conference. By that time in the year though there wasn’t much of them, everyone kinda new who the varsity guys were by then. We did have a couple weights a year though where we had two evenly matched guys wrestling off the whole season basically. Tcarter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcjcjc Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 First round of wrestle offs before the first meet. Second round as winter break starts. If a kid is 2-0 against someone, it's over and the starter is picked. If a new person wins, they start until the third wrestle off before conference. Paycheck141 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Ratliff Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Do you only have them wrestle one match or do best 2 out of three? GrecoSupreme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Personally, I like the three wrestle-off method. Wrestle-off #1a First one is about this time of year where you establish the first pecking order. Only one "finals" match due to time constraints with events. Wrestle-off #1b Over Thanksgiving you have wrestlers challenge, you can only challenge up one rung of the ladder, but keep going if you win. This is where the #2 can challenge #1 for the second match. If #2 wins there will be a 3rd match to determine the #1. If you do not have an event you can combine these steps Wrestle-off #2 During Christmas break wrestlers can challenge, again only challenge one rung up, but can move up. The #2 needs to win 2 in a row to get the spot. Wrestle-off #3(if needed) About 2 weeks before sectional. Same as before, only challenge one rung up and the challenger needs to win 2 in a row. I'm not a fan of wrestle-offs going on every week or even every other week. When you win your spot you should earn it for at least a couple weeks or events. Wrestle-offs shouldn't be the focus on practice either and taking time to do them takes away valuable learning, conditioning, and even coach's time do to them. ENoblewrestling, GrecoSupreme and BrodyHardcastle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galagore Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 We just keep our roster at single digits, so we don't have to do wrestle-offs..... Adriang53, Y2CJ41, formercollegekid and 6 others 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Y2CJ41 said: Personally, I like the three wrestle-off method. Wrestle-off #1a First one is about this time of year where you establish the first pecking order. Only one "finals" match due to time constraints with events. Wrestle-off #1b Over Thanksgiving you have wrestlers challenge, you can only challenge up one rung of the ladder, but keep going if you win. This is where the #2 can challenge #1 for the second match. If #2 wins there will be a 3rd match to determine the #1. If you do not have an event you can combine these steps Wrestle-off #2 During Christmas break wrestlers can challenge, again only challenge one rung up, but can move up. The #2 needs to win 2 in a row to get the spot. Wrestle-off #3(if needed) About 2 weeks before sectional. Same as before, only challenge one rung up and the challenger needs to win 2 in a row. I'm not a fan of wrestle-offs going on every week or even every other week. When you win your spot you should earn it for at least a couple weeks or events. Wrestle-offs shouldn't be the focus on practice either and taking time to do them takes away valuable learning, conditioning, and even coach's time do to them. You guys have ladders? We have like 3 single step stools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Thor said: You guys have ladders? We have like 3 single step stools Usually guys hit each other with the ladders so it makes things more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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