Folkstyle has got it wrong.
Watching the Worlds this week and I couldn't help notice how much more action there was compared to NCAA folkstyle. The Chamizo finals match was one of the best wrestling I've ever seen, and you had one of the most dramatic finishes of a Metcalf match against the Chinese. No running away from the aggressor, and if you did, you forfeit a point via the push out rule. The push out rule added such a compelling element to the wrestling. NCAA's must have it to keep growing.
Countering your opponent if he pushes to hard or pushing for the point if your opponent is giving too much ground and not initiating. That's such a primal and important part of wrestling, the perfect balance of give and go. Without the push out rule, you take away a huge aspect of what it means to control another human being. You take a guy outside of a circle, that should be worth something. You're displaying your dominance over a guy by taking him somewhere he doesn't want to go. That should be worth a point.
NCAA folkstyle rules gives an out for non aggressive wrestlers in two ways.
1) It gives the wrestler that's in bad position near the outside circle an area to flee to and start over without being penalized.
2) A wrestler can go out of bounds for a short breather without penalty.
The intensity of the action at the Worlds this week was a direct result of the pushout rule and passivity calls (something that I think should also be included in folkstyle)
You take two barrels of dynamite and put it on top of a hill and ignite it. The effects of the explosion wouldn't be nearly as much than if you put those same two barrels inside an enclosed cave in the hill.
All I'm saying is keep the dynamite in the hill.
Watching the Worlds this week and I couldn't help notice how much more action there was compared to NCAA folkstyle. The Chamizo finals match was one of the best wrestling I've ever seen, and you had one of the most dramatic finishes of a Metcalf match against the Chinese. No running away from the aggressor, and if you did, you forfeit a point via the push out rule. The push out rule added such a compelling element to the wrestling. NCAA's must have it to keep growing.
Countering your opponent if he pushes to hard or pushing for the point if your opponent is giving too much ground and not initiating. That's such a primal and important part of wrestling, the perfect balance of give and go. Without the push out rule, you take away a huge aspect of what it means to control another human being. You take a guy outside of a circle, that should be worth something. You're displaying your dominance over a guy by taking him somewhere he doesn't want to go. That should be worth a point.
NCAA folkstyle rules gives an out for non aggressive wrestlers in two ways.
1) It gives the wrestler that's in bad position near the outside circle an area to flee to and start over without being penalized.
2) A wrestler can go out of bounds for a short breather without penalty.
The intensity of the action at the Worlds this week was a direct result of the pushout rule and passivity calls (something that I think should also be included in folkstyle)
You take two barrels of dynamite and put it on top of a hill and ignite it. The effects of the explosion wouldn't be nearly as much than if you put those same two barrels inside an enclosed cave in the hill.
All I'm saying is keep the dynamite in the hill.
