Blaine Wrestling Tournament Training

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Blaine Wrestling Tournament Training

• Tournament Jobs 101

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Jobs

• Scorekeeper
• Timer
• Tapper
• Runner
• Weigh-ins
• Pairings
• Registration
• Concessions
• Awards

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Scorekeeper - Overview

• To effectively keep score or run a score system,
  it is helpful to have a basic background in
  wrestling scoring
• We will briefly go over both match and team
  scoring
• Cheat sheets will be available at each table

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Scorekeeper Match Scoring

• Match scoring is as follows
• Takedowns 2 pts Notation T2
• Escape 1 pt Notation E1
• Reversal 2 pts Notation R2
• Near-fall 2 or 3 pts Notation N2 , N3
• Penalty Usually 1 pt Notation P1
• Caution No pts Notation C
• Coach Moody will demonstrate ref signals

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Scorekeeper Team Scoring

• Team scoring is as follows
• Decision Winning by fewer than 8 pts Scores 3
  team pts
• Major Decision Winning by 8-14 pts Scores 4
  team pts
• Technical Fall Winning by 15 pts Scores 5
  team pts (Once this threshold is met, the match
  immediately stops, unless defensive wrestler is
  on his back)
• Pin Fall Win by pinning shoulder blades to mat
  Scores 6 team pts
• Forfeit, Injury Default, Disqualification Score
  6 team pts

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ScorekeeperSaturday - Varsity

• Scorekeeper will be responsible for running the
  scoring system and keeping both match and team
  score
• Each table will have a different system
  electronic, flip chart, etc
• Scorekeepers for Sat will be trained to specific
  system Fri night/Sat morning

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ScorekeeperSaturday JV Sunday - Youth

• Saturday JV and Sunday will be similar but will
  use different scoring sheets (see packet)
• For JV bout sheet-
• As points are scored circle the corresponding
  category
• Between periods circle Up, Dn, N Neutral/Both
  up, or for differ
• At the end tally the points and CIRCLE THE WINNER
• If a fall or tech fall is awarded, mark the time
  left in the period in the corresponding line

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ScorekeeperSaturday JV Sunday Youth (cont)

• Youth will use a similar format with a different
  sheet
• For youth scoring the scorekeeper will use the
  scoring notations in the blank area provided for
  each wrestler during each period
• Mark choice as follows
• Up arrow for choosing up
• Down arrow for choosing down
• Two Vertical parallel lines for neutral
• An X for deferral
• If a Fall or Tech Fall occurs, mark fall or
  tech in the remaining space in the period box
  and note the time left in the period.
• CIRCLE THE WINNER

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Timekeeper Saturday Varsity

• The timekeepers primary responsibility is to
  keep the time during the match
• You will either use a scoring system or a
  stopwatch
• The referee starts and stops time so pay
  attention to them
• He will most often use his whistle to do so
• You will also need an additional stopwatch to
  record blood or injury time
• You can also assist the scorekeeper if necessary
  to flip the score on flip charts

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Timekeeper Saturday JV Sunday - Youth

• Same responsibilities as above, however you will
  most likely be using stopwatches
• Also, because the scorekeeper will need to be
  notating any assistance in flipping the score
  would be helpful
• For both days if there is no buzzer, you will
  need to send the tapper out at the appropriate
  time and give them the five, four, three, two,
  one countdown

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Tapper All days

• Tappers are responsible for tapping the referees
  at the end of each period
• Tappers will need to get up with enough time to
  get to the referee with at least 5 secs left
• At 5 secs left they will place their hand on the
  referees back and give them a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
  countdown, then lightly tap them at the end of
  the period
• Tappers may not be needed on mats with a buzzer,
  referee preference

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Registration Saturday - Varsity

• On Saturday, registration will primarily taking
  gate fees from spectators
• As teams arrive in the morning, send them to the
  wrestling room for weigh ins skin checks and
  tell their coaches to speak with Coach Luck after
  weigh ins
• We will need people at the front table all day

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RegistrationSunday - Youth

• In addition to persons taking gate money, we will
  need persons for each grade to pass out
  registration slips
• All money gate and for wrestlers should be taken
  at the door and all entering should get an x on
  their hand
• Wrestler then come to the Registration table
  organized by grade to get their weigh in sheet
• Once a registration slip is given, direct the
  wrestler to the wrestling room for weigh ins

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Weigh ins

• Weigh ins will be responsible for recording the
  weights of the wrestlers and performing skin
  checks
• Coaching staff will perform skin checks all
  questionable cases are referred to the referee
  for HS Tourney
• Varsity teams will have a team weigh in sheet
  Youth will have individual weigh in sheets
• Make sure to X the hand at skin checks write
  the wrestlers weight on their shoulder
• Varsity weigh in sheets go to Coach Luck
• Youth weigh in sheets go to pairings in the back
  classroom

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Concessions/Hospitality

• Concessions are responsible for selling food and
  drink for a profit
• Concessions are coordinated by Heather Gillund
  (aka Mama G)
• Hospitality room on Saturday is for visiting
  coaches and our volunteers
• Hospitality room on Sunday is only for our
  volunteers

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Pairings Saturday - JV

• Pairings volunteers will work with Coach Moody on
  JV Brackets
• Quick Legible handwriting is desired
• Volunteers will update brackets with match
  results and write new bout sheets for the next
  round

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Pairings Sunday - Youth

• The job of pairings on Sunday will be to create
  the match ups for the four man round robins
• As weigh in slips come in from weigh ins,
  volunteers will lay them out by grade
  (color-coded) and then by weight
• When weigh ins are complete, volunteers will by
  grade weight, place the four nearest wrestlers
  together starting by the lightest
• Discretion should be used however, and pairers
  should avoid if possible placing multiple kids
  from the same team/club in a bracket and watch
  for large weight discrepancies (10 lbs)

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Awards

• Awards are responsible for handing out the awards
• Saturday Varsity awards will be handled by Coach
  Luck and JV awards by Coach Moody
• Sunday we will need awards persons all day
• We would like to sell pictures the wrestlers
  standing on the podium, so if any one has quality
  camera equipment they would like to volunteer
  that would be great!

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Any Questions?
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Lets Have An Awesome Tournament!