Weight Management Presentation Changes for 200708 Season

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Weight Management Presentation Changes for
2007-08 Season

• NF Guidelines
• 2006-07 Recap
• Process to Change
• 2007-08 Plan
• Assessment Protocol
• Questions

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National Federation Weight Management Guidelines

• Hydration Testing with a specific gravity not
  greater than 1.025
• Body Fat Assessement
• Males not lower than 7
• Females not lower than 12
• May allow medical release below the body fat
  minimum
• No weight loss greater than 1.5 per week
• Local Nutritional Educational Component

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NSAA Weight Management Data Review - Athletes

• 4,695 athletes were assessed
• 4,811 total assessment (including appeals)
• 441 Males Tested Below 7
• 0 Females Tested Below 12
• 116 Total Appeals (2.5 appealed)
• 16 Athletes Failed the Appeal
• 76 Medical Clearances

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NSAA Weight Management Data Review - Assessors

• 15 NSAA Trained Master Assessors
• 158 Assessors were trained at 23 sites
• 33 Regional Test Sites were established
• Two modes of measurements were used
• Skin Fold (50.7 of Assessments)
• Tanita Scale (49.3 of Assessments)
  (TBF-300WA - Athletic Mode)

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Review of 2006-2007 NFHS Weight Management Survey

• 44 of 48 States Participated in Survery
• 34 of 44 States Survey followed the NFHS
  Wrestling Rule 1-3 (Weight Control)
• Note Kansas South Dakota are not in compliance
• Hydration Testing
• Nebraska used Refractometer HydraTrend Test
  Strips
• Hydration Testing Issues
• Non-laboratory setting
• Who is conducting the hydration testing
• Body Fat Testing
• Nebraska used Tanita Scale Skin Fold Calipers
• No athletes used Hydrostatic or the BodPod

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Review of 2006-2007 First Year of Weight
Management

• Costs
• 30 NWCA fee for access to online program (Annual
  Fee)
• 15 plus shipping for Hydration test
• 25 Assessor Registration (Annual Fee)
• Weight Variances
• .5 pound reduced from Alpha Test
• If the athlete was within .5499 of a weight class
  he/she became eligible
• Growth Allowance Two Pounds
• After December 25th or
• Anytime after Dec. 25th - the week of January
  20th (Monday)

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Review of 2006-2007 First Year of Weight
Management

• Final Date to Establish Minimum Weight
• Week of January 20th (Monday, January 15th)
• If injured, must have weighed in prior to the
  District
• Creating New Weight Loss Plans
• A new plan weight loss plan was created if
  athlete weighed in above the minimum weight class
  during the week (Created a hardship for coaches)

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Review of 2006-2007 First Year of Weight
Management

• NWCA Server Failure
• Late November Multiple days in which assessors
  could not enter data and coaches could not obtain
  data
• Caused Hardship for Coaches and Assessors
• No Weight Loss After January 20th
• NSAA Language
• Some athletes could no longer compete

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NSAA Communication to Schools First Year of
Weight Management

• School Payment for NWCA Membership Hydration
  Test Strips was required before the school could
  receive login codes
• NSAA Communication
• FAX
• Email
• As problems occurred the NSAA staff made efforts
  to communicate to Athletic Directors and Coaches

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NSAA Suspensions First Year of Weight Management

• Nine programs were issued suspensions
• 9 Head Coaches
• 13 Athletes
• Reasons for suspensions
• Wrestling Below Minimum Weight Class 11
• Using failed appeal results 2
• Penalty
• One meet suspension Head Coach and Athlete

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March 2007 Meeting With the NWCA

• Notes were kept throughout 2006-07 season
• Discussed the previous successes and failures of
  the 2006-07 plan
• Developed an Action Plan to correct failures
• Data Entry by Coaches (Pre Post Weigh-In )
• Weight Variance needs simplification
• Appeals Medical Clearances need review and
  clarification
• Address matches that are wrestled by an athlete
  at an ineligible weight class

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NSAA Weight Management Committee Mtg. April 27,
2007

• Committee is made up of
• Two Master Assessors
• Two Physicians
• Two Athletic Directors
• Two School Administrators
• Four Wrestling Coaches (one from each class)
• One NSAA Board of Control Member
• NSAA Staff

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NSAA Board of Control Meeting May 25, 2007

• NSAA Board of Control Approved
• Data Entry by Coaches
• A Single Weight Variance at the Time of the
  Assessment
• Medical Clearance for any Athlete of 2 Body
  Weight
• Additional Penalty for an Athlete Wrestling at an
  Ineligible Weight Class
• Use of Out-of-State Growth Allowance in Iowa
  prior to Dec. 25
• Use of Home Weigh-Ins when Schools compete in
  Kansas
• Guidelines for Junior Varsity Home Weigh-Ins
• Creation of NSAA Assessor Protocol

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Change Weigh-in Data Entry by Coaches

• Coaches create a Pre-Meet Weigh-In Form
• Coach takes form to weigh-in
• Weigh-ins are manually recorded on form by an
  official, weigh-in supervisor, or opposing coach
• All parties sign Weigh-In Form
• Copies given to opposing coach
• One form for entire team

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Advantages of Coaches Entering Weigh-in Data

• Creates a true 1.5 weight loss per week
• Calculates the weight loss daily not weekly
• Coaches instantly see change in the Individual
  Weight Loss Plans
• Coaches can create one form for the entire team
  for a weigh-in much less paperwork!
• Allows a wrestler to move up a weight class
  return within the 1.5 weight loss guidelines
• District Hosts can easily check each wrestlers
  weight eligibility

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Change Simplify Weight Variance

• Creates one simple weight variance at the time of
  the Alpha or Appeal Tests only
• Minimum Wrestling Weight would be rounded down to
  the nearest whole pound (any weight .9999
  down)
• Creates the Minimum Wrestling Weight with
  Variance (MWWV)
• NWCA uses the term truncation
• NWCA highly recommended this change
• No variance within the Individual Weight Loss
  Plans

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ChangeAppeal Medical Clearance Procedures
Guidelines

• MAJOR CHANGES
• No appeal paper work to be faxed to NSAA
• Medical Clearances applies to
• Athletes at or below 7/12 Body Fat
• AND
• Athletes above 7/12 Body Fat
• Athletes must still follow a 1.5 descent plan

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Change Appeal Medical Clearance Procedures
Guidelines (Continued)

• Fair System to the male athletes in the 7-9 Body
  Fat Range (323 athletes - 6.9 of males tested
  during the 2006-07 season)
• Allows for a range of error in assessment by Skin
  Fold and Tanita Scale
• ONLY an Additional 2 Percent Body Weight Loss
  Allowed

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Change Additional Penalty for Athlete

• Keep all current penalties for coaches and
  athletes
• Address Matches where athlete has competed below
  his/her Minimum Weight Class
• Each match results in an individual forfeit
• Opponent receives a win/Ineligible athlete does
  not receive a win or loss
• No change in individual, or team placement in a
  tournament
• No change in dual team results
• No influence on district seeding other than
  win/loss record percentages for all athletes
  involved
• Can not be used for head-to-head or common
  opponent

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ChangeOut-of-State Home Weigh-Ins (Kansas)

• In 2006-07 Nebraska schools competing at a Kansas
  school were not allowed to use home weigh-ins
• Previous seasons the NSAA allowed the practice
• Nebraska school at Kansas school
• Use Home Weigh-Ins
• Must use one of the following AD, Assistant AD,
  or Registered NSAA Official to record official
  weights
• Kansas school at Nebraska school
• No Home Weigh-Ins will be allowed
• Must Weigh-In one site
• NE host school is responsible for communicating
  this rule to the KS school(s) in advance

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ChangeGrowth Allowance (Iowa)

• NEW INFORMATION!!!
• Iowa growth allowance will NOT be granted until
  January 1, 2008.
• Growth Allowance will no longer be an issue for
  Nebraska Schools.
• Make sure if you are traveling to Iowa before
  December 25 that you are not planning on
  receiving a two pound allowance if the wrestler
  has met his/her minimum weight class.

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ChangeJunior Varsity Home Weigh-Ins

• Allow Home Weigh-Ins for Junior Varsity
• Coaches must use a Pre-Meet Weigh-In Form
• Must FAX or Present Form on site
• Weigh-In must take place on the day of
  competition
• Weigh-In may NOT be used to create the wrestlers
  minimum weight

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NSAA Assessors Guidelines and Protocol
Development

• Guidelines and Protocol for Assessors
• Protocol for Hydration Testing
• Guidelines for Assessors using Skinfold
• Guidelines for Assessors using Tanita Scale
• Male/Female Issues
• Retesting on False Data

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Thank You!