Originally posted by Crash99:
Have to add in here since I have seen these calls not being made several times in Novice tourneys and sometimes in Open tourneys as well.
Illegal holds: I counted 5 times in different matches where an illegal full nelson was put on a kid (if only for a brief moment in some and longer in others) This hold is not only illegal but is also dangerous and should be made taboo to even come close to making the hold in kids tournaments. A couple of weekends ago at the Valley Center novice is where I am talking about and I not only saw the illegal holds but also other coaches saw the holds as well, One instance where I was coaching a novice wrestler and the Opposing coach was yelling at the ref as well because his own wrestler had my wrestler in a full nelson for over 3 seconds. The ref argued that it was NOT a full nelson. Maybe more education on the young refs that help officiate in Novice tourneys is needed.
Unless Valley Center did something different this year their novice tournament officials are usually the high school wrestlers and are not certified.
