Originally Posted By: andrew p hurla
but does anyone agree that in the neutral position they stood straight up and either adjusted their headgear or just took a step back a little too much? Almost every wrestling match has a little of the standing straight up headgear-adjustment routine but I think coaches should try to minimize that as much as possible and at least get the wrestlers to stay in a decent stance while they adjust the headgear. Both could have capitalized on the other being out of position but they would both do it at the same time. I'm not trying to belittle anyone's performance but I do think this is a common problem in wrestling and I would like to hear some other thoughts on this.


I agree 100%. It was not just these two that wrestled like that, almost every other wrestler in the finals did. I'll get corny for a minute, but nobody looked like they had "the eye of the tiger." I would love to see two wrestlers really go at it, but I don't know how you teach that.


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