Jim went BOLD text. Whoa!
It was definitely strange not seeing kids shake hands before or after but I also saw a lot of kids shake hands no matter what even if the refs tried to stop them.
Not on purpose, I have no idea what caused that. No offense was intended and I am not smart enough to make the change.
I agree with many of the things LucMurphy134 wrote about except for the "saving" of time in eliminating handshakes. Really? That is a positive? How much time was saved? Maybe 2 or 3 seconds, tops?
Where was a hand not being raised? Every match I saw had someone raising their hand. No time savings there.
We could save a lot more time by eliminating the silly coin flip. Who ever is leading on score gets the choice. Might get it for both the second and third periods. So what, more incentive to be in the lead. That would be a big time savings.
Totally agree about coin flip. Again if I were king of wrestling, I'd make it simpler- the first point scored gets choice for period 2. If no score - both are warned for stalling and both neutral.
I like your idea on coin flip for the 2nd period but I would still give the 3rd to whoever didn’t get choice in second.I agree with many of the things LucMurphy134 wrote about except for the "saving" of time in eliminating handshakes. Really? That is a positive? How much time was saved? Maybe 2 or 3 seconds, tops?
Where was a hand not being raised? Every match I saw had someone raising their hand. No time savings there.
We could save a lot more time by eliminating the silly coin flip. Who ever is leading on score gets the choice. Might get it for both the second and third periods. So what, more incentive to be in the lead. That would be a big time savings.
If I understand you correctly, you want to take a boring no score match from 2:00 of wrestling from neutral and fix the problem by forcing the start of the second period in the neutral position?
I'm going strictly tournament schedule next year. I felt like I had to keep kids I would normally cut loose just do I could fill some sort of roster.
The split sessions here in the post season haven't been bad at all from a coach side. From a host side or someone trying to manage the split roster not so fun. I could see that going either way.
So you normally get rid of kids based on talent or behavior issues? If it's behavior I don't know why you'd treat this year any different
So you normally get rid of kids based on talent or behavior issues? If it's behavior I don't know why you'd treat this year any different
Yes, thisI don't think the coach is saying he "runs" kids off, just that he may have felt more incentive to encourage a fringe kid to stay for the season. Just the way I read it.
Behaviors, talent or lack there of never bothered me if they're willing to put in the work. This year attendance was the issue and it was my fault for allowing it get to my frustration level, I tried to be more forgiving because of the inconsistent school schedule and a lack of matches being limited to 1/2 pt duals only first half of our schedule (cleared to start matches Christmas break). But I felt after awhile certain kids took advantage of my kindness. 2 kids weeded themselves out when I had a heart to heart with them that they need to show up or be done, but in a normal year I would have nipped this much earlier.