Stalling
Michelle Daniels
Alamo Area Wrestling Officials
Association
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• Wrestlers are required to make an honest
attempt to stay within the 10' circle and
wrestle aggressively. It is stalling when the
wrestler fails to better their position, or
prevents their opponent from bettering theirs.
– When stalling is recognized it needs to be called
without hesitation
• As officials, we can't make the wrestlers wrestle,
but we can penalize them when they don‘t
• Stalling occurs in many ways: delays in the
match as a result of straggling back to the
center, excessive adjustments of equipment,
holding the opponents legs without bettering
their position or preventing the opponent from
bettering theirs.
• Neutral Stalling
– Avoiding contact with the opponent
– Defensive wrestling/preventing offensive wrestling
• Thumbs in collarbone
• Forearm posting
Offensive Stalling
• The offensive wrestler does not wrestle
aggressively wrestle to secure a fall
– the exception is 'catch and release‘
• Holding the heel to the butt of the broken
down defensive wrestler >5 seconds
Defensive Stalling
• When the defensive wrestler does not
aggressively wrestle to attempt escape or
reversal
• It is not stalling when the defensive wrestler
is overpowered
Calling Stalling
• The match should be stopped when calling
offensive stalling, except when the defensive
wrestler is on their feet
• The match should not be stopped when
calling defensive or neutral stalling
Stalling Penalties
• Per wrestler, the first offense is a warning
• Second offense results in 1 point to the
opponent
• Third offense results in 1 point to the opponent
• Fourth offense results in 2 points to the
opponent and choice to the opponent on the
restart
• Fifth offense results in disqualification of the
offending wrestler
• Watching stalling wrestlers is only made worse
by watching a stalling official!
(not her comment but that is what happen when Caleb puts it into ppt:)
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