Posted on October 27, 2015 in Events, Meetings
Review topics from AWOC meeting:
- Mat Mechanics
Posted on October 25, 2015 in Coaches Misconduct
We added the video that was discussed at the AWOC meeting on Saturday. Leave your comments on what you would do different in this situation. We have also added some of the handouts from the breakout session on Coaches Misconduct. Thank you Steve Hernandez for providing these.
Additional materials on coaches misconduct can be found on our site by clicking here.
Posted on October 21, 2015 in Defendable Base, Team Points, Technical Fall
Written by Troy Lorents, 2nd Year Official
At an event last year, I was reminded of the difference between a team getting 5 team points for a technical fall vs. 6 team points for the pin. The match seemed pretty straight forward. One wrestler was winning by 12 points and we were half-way through the 3 period.
I was on the mat, watching the winning wrestler trying to tighten up a half. I was holding 3 fingers waiting to award the near fall points, feeling the opponent wasn’t going to get pinned. I sat up on my knees and looked over at the scorer’s table. In my head I added up the three points making the score now 16-1.
This is where I made a potential mistake. As the top wrestler started to roll the bottom wrestler back to his base, I called out the 3 points near fall and stopped the match. Was this the right thing to do?
The coach of the winning wrestler felt his wrestler was going to pin the opponent and therefore would have given the team 6 points vs. 5 points. The rule is:
stop the match, based on the 15 point technical fall, unless you are in a near fall situation.
In the future, I will be more careful on judging when the wrestler returns to a “defendable base”.
Posted on October 21, 2015 in Meetings
This Saturday is the Arizona Wrestling Officials Committee Meeting.
When: October 24th
Time: 8:00am- 2:00pm
Where: Coconino High School
The cost is $25, so if you’re interested, please RSVP. There will be a BBQ at Abels’ house after the conference. More details coming.
Posted on October 21, 2015 in Donors, General
Welcome to the 2015-2015 wrestling season. This year promises to be an exciting one with more tournaments, more officials and now, an official Northern Arizona Wrestling Officials website. We will update and maintain this page as often as possible. If you have any ideas or information you would like to share, please let us know.
Tonight is our first meeting to start planning for the school year. Looking forward to seeing everyone at 5:30pm at Coconino High School wrestling room.
In addition, we are starting to look for donations to support our group. Please visit our donors page and support those that support us. We couldn’t do some of the things we do without their help.