kynovice

I don't want to get in the middle of an argument because i am in the first year of wrestling with my son and this is all new to me. My son has wrestled in both the 10% and weight class and i personally like the 10%. He has wrestled in 3 different states and the only time we had any problems was in the weight class brackets it was very noticeable that some of those kids were cutting weight. With this being the State Tournament and so many people having trouble with weigh-ins why can't the association do the weigh-ins at the clubs or schools. You could have a set date that anyone who plans to attend must register by and supply the dates and times of their practices so the weigh-ins would be a surprise. Then you could hire a non-bias company or members of the association go do the weigh-ins and verify age. You may have to go up on the entry fee a little to cover cost. Anyone who was missed could pay extra and weigh in the night before or that mourning on a case by case not a whole team. This would be a lot of work to get across the state but no one should complain ( I know someone would) about a certain coach or club not using the correct weight since it would be out of their hands. You could also do random weigh-ins at check in to verify. As for the Youth State Tournament i think it was great and my son had a great time the night before and the day of the tournament. I think he called it beast. From reading the post on here i think by the time the State meet comes around the parents have really gotten keyed up for their kids and want it to be more than what it is. Yes some of the kids are really good and work really hard to get here and don't get much competition and i know this is supposed to be for the State. These are kids you don't even know if the kid is thinking about wrestling when he gets on the mat(he could be thinking WWE) so you may not get his/her best effort. Some of your best wrestlers may not even come because its to far for them to travel or they don't have the money. So lets let them be kids and enjoy this and be happy for them if you have a State Champ or if they didn't win a match. Heaven knows as they get older the fun will be gone and we will be putting the pressure on them when they get to middle and high school. If you want more competition for your kid there always seem to be a tournament going on some where with some good wrestlers or wrestle your kid up in middle school. I like the idea of the T.O.C. with the qualifiers, but think it should be closer to the State meet.

Just heard that they may open this up to all non-qualifiers and ms due to low #'s. Does anyone know for sure or is there a better place to get info on what is going on other than hear say? We are 2 weeks out and know body seems to know what is really going on.

I am not 100% sure about the 10% rule, but from what i understand you can set it up anyway you want. I don't know if they have predetermined values or if you enter your own. I have not personally setup a meet for brackets but the meets we have been to that use track make it so much easier for everyone involved. You can use an app on your phone to follow your whole team to know when and where everyone is supposed to be and follow the brackets and team scores. There is more info at trackwrestling.com that can answer more of your questions.

This is a simple fix with a little work from the people putting on the meets. All you have to do is use Track and have your weigh-ins as close to the meet as possible and faxed or emailed to meet location. Then you can build your brackets and verify all wrestlers weights and age at check in before meet. Yes this will take some time but with alittle planning it could flow easy and rather quickly. You could set it up with a couple different scales and do by name by age or how you think works best. Track makes it very easy to change brackets if something has changed or if someone lied. If you find a pattern with some team or school they can be disallowed to compete. Parents will put a stop to the coach who is doing this pretty quick after showing up to a meet and their kid not being able to wrestle. Also if you have your weigh-ins 2 weeks in advance of the meet things are going to change because these are kids and are going to grow but there should not be a big difference. This is just my opinion and sorry for being so long.

Is there any kind of a estimate of how many kids will be attending?

If a kid has had a birthday and his weight has changed will he have to wrestle in a new bracket or will he stay in the 1 he was in at State?