aoberlin

When our U14 comes through high school it's going to be fun. 

Just more fuel to keep working hard. Thanks for the post. 

1. Implementing a harsher penalty for unnecessary roughness.
2. Wrestlers being considered inbounds with one supporting point.
3. Specific measurement requirements for required girls uniforms.
4. Video replay in championship events.
5. Awarding three points for a takedown instead of two.
6. Awarding two points for near-fall after a two-second count, three points for a near-fall after a three-second count, four points for a near-fall after a four-second count.
7. Charging the wrestler with a loss when using a medical forfeit.
8. Requiring only one supporting point for wrestling to be considered inbounds.
9. Eliminating that knees be inside the boundary to earn a fall or near-fall with the defensive wrestler out of bounds.  
10. Allowing that the pinning area not be the “total” of supporting points when the defensive wrestler is on their back. 
11. Allowing a wrestler to touch the mat in front of the starting line in the neutral starting position.
12. Adding grasping of the ear guards or mat as a delayed call.
13. Adding head-butting to the list of illegal holds/maneuvers.
14. Expanding to include gouging or poking of the eyes to Rule 5-29-1 (Unnecessary Roughness)
15. Requiring at least one coach in the corner of a match.
16. Requiring mat-side weigh-ins. 
17. Mandating coaches’ attire at dual meets and tournaments – similar to other NFHS sports.

I received this yesterday. But no survey. Figured they didn't really want my opinion.
 
By now you should have received a notice from the NFHS regarding the 2024 Rules Survey. Please complete the survey within the allotted time period. Thank you. 

Just more fuel to keep working hard. Thanks for the post. 

When our U14 comes through high school it's going to be fun. 

I think the rest of Evansville better be thanking the Mooresville regional or they'd be below Fort Wayne in the rankings.
 

Semi-State Qualifiers Placers Top 4 Champs Fort Wayne 56 21 12 3 New Castle 56 29 11 4 East Chicago 56 25 12 1 Evansville 56 37 21 6 Mooresville Reg 30 22 14 6 Rest of Ev 26 15 7 0

106 - Malone (Monrovia) forfeit 6-0 Mooresville
113 - Dickman (Brownsburg) forfeit 12-0 Mooresville
120 - Larocca (Center Grove) forfeit 18-0 Mooresville
126 - Davis(PSU)  dec Rioux (Avon) 18-3 Mooresville
132 - Hockaday (Brownsburg) dec Nagao(PSU) 21-3 Mooresville
138 - Ison (Brownsbirg) forfeit 27-3 Mooresville
144 - Bartlett(PSU) maj dec Courtney (Center Grove) 21-7 Mooresville
150 - Kresja (Center Grove) dec Kasak(PSU) 24-7 Mooresville
157 - Haines(PSU) maj dec Day (Brownsburg)  24-11 Mooresville
165 - Messenbrink(PSU) maj dec Derringer (Brownsburg) 24-15 Mooresville
175 - Starocci(PSU) dec Clouser (Center Grove) 24-18 Mooresville
190 - Truax(PSU) dec Henry (Brownsburg) 24-21 Mooresville
215 - Brooks(PSU) dec Brewer (Brownsburg)  24-24
285 - Johnson (Center Grove) dec Kerkvliet(PSU) 27-24 Mooresville
 
There you have it the Mooresville regional is better than Penn State.

No it's to disparage the Fort Wayne semi-state as much as possibly can. Why not compare to New Castle or East Chicago?
 
The Mooresville regional had 6 champs, 14 in the top 4, and 21 total placers. Fort Wayne had 3 champs and 12 in the top 4. New Castle had 4 champs and 10 in the top 4. East Chicago had 1 champ and 10 in the top 4. The rest of Evansville had 0 champs and 2 in the top 4.
 
Yet here we are trying to make the Fort Wayne semi-state look bad.

You can’t disrespect and then say no disrespect.  Once again our kids are working hard and getting results.  We are proud of our student athletes in our Semi-State and the Carroll Regional which produced two state champions. Enjoy the excellent wrestling in your area.  You don’t have take a dump on us to do so.

Just more fuel to keep working hard. Thanks for the post. 

Just more fuel to keep working hard. Thanks for the post. 

The other thing that would help is wrestlers starting their weight management plan during the preseason.   Much easier to make a gradual drop that your body can handle over the course of a few months than trying to push to make a drop way into the season. 

I received this yesterday. But no survey. Figured they didn't really want my opinion.
 
By now you should have received a notice from the NFHS regarding the 2024 Rules Survey. Please complete the survey within the allotted time period. Thank you. 

1. Implementing a harsher penalty for unnecessary roughness.
2. Wrestlers being considered inbounds with one supporting point.
3. Specific measurement requirements for required girls uniforms.
4. Video replay in championship events.
5. Awarding three points for a takedown instead of two.
6. Awarding two points for near-fall after a two-second count, three points for a near-fall after a three-second count, four points for a near-fall after a four-second count.
7. Charging the wrestler with a loss when using a medical forfeit.
8. Requiring only one supporting point for wrestling to be considered inbounds.
9. Eliminating that knees be inside the boundary to earn a fall or near-fall with the defensive wrestler out of bounds.  
10. Allowing that the pinning area not be the “total” of supporting points when the defensive wrestler is on their back. 
11. Allowing a wrestler to touch the mat in front of the starting line in the neutral starting position.
12. Adding grasping of the ear guards or mat as a delayed call.
13. Adding head-butting to the list of illegal holds/maneuvers.
14. Expanding to include gouging or poking of the eyes to Rule 5-29-1 (Unnecessary Roughness)
15. Requiring at least one coach in the corner of a match.
16. Requiring mat-side weigh-ins. 
17. Mandating coaches’ attire at dual meets and tournaments – similar to other NFHS sports.

Personally I believe it depends on the weight some and how naturally lean a wrestler is. 175 and above you may get away with not cutting and hanging close to 175 maybe even 165. My 175 weighed 165 and lost ticket round to someone who looked much bigger than him and we had a couple of positions we probably would have held if we were on weight or possibly floating over from time to time. My 190 weighed 176 at semi-state.  Under 175 I think you for the most part need to be lean and around your 7% body mass and actually be strong and not just a skinny rail. We can talk about position and mindset all day long which I think are the most important things. But if the kid doesn't have the strength to hold a position and execute a technique or defend an attack then you aren't winning titles. They have to be at a weight that makes sense for their body and the strength they have. We have been a non-cutting team for quite a while, I even forced a kid to go up a weight due to cutting too much, and I do feel like it has cost us some matches and kids not going as deep in the tournament as they could have. In the ideal world it would not matter but to say it doesn't just isn't living in reality. The size difference I see with some of our kids vs who they are wrestling is sometimes glaring. But... I also hate watching a kid suck weight 2 days before a match and use practice just to just cut weight and survive. Part of it may depend on just how natural of an athlete a wrestler is. 
 
We have also had plenty of kids that didn't get down to their fighting weight before the season or within striking distance and do the fat test and certify over what they naturally start weighing halfway through the season even though they say they are hammering food. So there is that to manage also.
 
With all that said our big focus this off-season is #1 Mindest, #2 Weights/Agility, #3 Chasing Competition, and #4 Technique. That isn't the order every team needs but that is what we need right now.

Kraus, I thought I explained this to you in our chat group. Also for a 175 Chase looked just fine and chiseled.
 
 

Pearl Jam lost to Ticketmaster. I doubt the Indiana Wrestling community goes any further than someone's junk email box.
 

This^^^^ Like everything else I am sure there will be holes shot in this but this has made total sense to me. Doesn't "water" anything down. We wrestled for 5th a while back and it wasn't an issue. It provides more opportunities for kids.
 

When have we ever wanted to be compared to other sports? That's how we ended up with no wrestlebacks. 
 
For the record I honestly didn't key in on any injury calls this weekend I thought were gamesmanship. I was just stating I have been seeing it a lot recently and feel we need to do what we can to minimize and curb it as much as possible. Personally, I had a wrestler who got a bloody nose every match and we were never able to use our conditioning to break an opponent which drove me nuts, I can't stand breaks in the flow of the matches but that is the style I enjoy watching and coaching.

This^^^^ Like everything else I am sure there will be holes shot in this but this has made total sense to me. Doesn't "water" anything down. We wrestled for 5th a while back and it wasn't an issue. It provides more opportunities for kids.
 

For anyone that knows Waylon when it comes to wrestling he has a mindset at all times to score points and break his opponent. All the while being confident he will do that. What is wrong with that? His speech reflected that and the question is asked less than 5 minutes after he just got done taking care of business. You think his mindset changed that fast? The kid just went full throttle on a very tough bracket. Being humble in an interview is not be a requirement. Being confident in your ability is if you want to win on that level. 
 
 

When have we ever wanted to be compared to other sports? That's how we ended up with no wrestlebacks. 
 
For the record I honestly didn't key in on any injury calls this weekend I thought were gamesmanship. I was just stating I have been seeing it a lot recently and feel we need to do what we can to minimize and curb it as much as possible. Personally, I had a wrestler who got a bloody nose every match and we were never able to use our conditioning to break an opponent which drove me nuts, I can't stand breaks in the flow of the matches but that is the style I enjoy watching and coaching.

When have we ever wanted to be compared to other sports? That's how we ended up with no wrestlebacks. 
 
For the record I honestly didn't key in on any injury calls this weekend I thought were gamesmanship. I was just stating I have been seeing it a lot recently and feel we need to do what we can to minimize and curb it as much as possible. Personally, I had a wrestler who got a bloody nose every match and we were never able to use our conditioning to break an opponent which drove me nuts, I can't stand breaks in the flow of the matches but that is the style I enjoy watching and coaching.

When have we ever wanted to be compared to other sports? That's how we ended up with no wrestlebacks. 
 
For the record I honestly didn't key in on any injury calls this weekend I thought were gamesmanship. I was just stating I have been seeing it a lot recently and feel we need to do what we can to minimize and curb it as much as possible. Personally, I had a wrestler who got a bloody nose every match and we were never able to use our conditioning to break an opponent which drove me nuts, I can't stand breaks in the flow of the matches but that is the style I enjoy watching and coaching.

When have we ever wanted to be compared to other sports? That's how we ended up with no wrestlebacks. 
 
For the record I honestly didn't key in on any injury calls this weekend I thought were gamesmanship. I was just stating I have been seeing it a lot recently and feel we need to do what we can to minimize and curb it as much as possible. Personally, I had a wrestler who got a bloody nose every match and we were never able to use our conditioning to break an opponent which drove me nuts, I can't stand breaks in the flow of the matches but that is the style I enjoy watching and coaching.