"I do not think it is the "better" wrestlers responsibility to help his opponent during a match. I think that is why we have practices. Just my opinion."

By the way smokeycabin, that is not just your opinion, it is also my opinion. When I originally wrote this post, I said that I knew my philosophy on this subject, but I wanted to hear the what other coaches thought. To be honest, I thought the only thing that I would hear would be crickets.

I tell any wrestler I coach, once you get them on their back, don't let them up. If they are wrestling someone that they are far better than, is working a lot of different moves really going to benefit them? Their opponent likely doesn't have a clue how to counter these moves. How does that prepare them to throw the same moves against someone who knows how to defend them?

As far as mat time, practice is where you get your mat time. Years ago when my son wrestled with another club, we had a very good wrestler who went undefeated in Jr High. That same year, you could find him wrestling on both Saturday and Sunday (yes, Novice tournaments). His dad/coach's reasoning behind it was that since he was so light, he didn't get very many matches during open tournaments. Therefore, wrestling at some of the Novice venues got him more "mat time". Oh, and by the way, he practiced his arsenal of moves against these Novice wrestlers. Was that time on the mat really worth it to his career in the long run?

Anyway, before I forget, can someone please tell me how you make that neat little box around another poster's comments? I am not that bad with computers, but I still haven't figured it out.