Had a quad meet tonight at Loganville. Although I enjoyed some great entertaining matches, and a one point dual win. I was a little disappointed with the guys that could not wrestle. They could not wrestle because they would reset their weight loss plan. If they had weighed in for Tuesday, they would not be able to wrestle as low this Friday. I am not getting into a political tirade about the weight loss plan because I have seen this with the old system as well. I remember showing up to watch a wrestler in a week day dual, and see that they did not weigh in because they were to heavy.
OK, on to officiating. With the recent tirade on the GNWA vent, I felt a little extra stress to do a good job. Trust me, I want to get it right every time I step on the mat. I concentrated on my mechanics and positioning, as well as getting the calls right. Even with the extra effort, I am pretty sure I missed a defensive pin. I had some great scrambles on my mat, and although one of the coaches disagreed on one of the takedowns, I feel like I got them correct. I had some wrestlers show up to the mat with undershirts on. I let the first one go, and explained it to the coach. Another undershirt showed up on the mat, and I had to give his opponent a point for a technical violation and start his injury time while he took the shirt off. I caught the next one before he got to the table, and was able to get him to take it off before he reported to the table. The last one is the only one I feel that I got right, but I felt good about there being a progression towards getting the best outcome.
I am committed to continuously improve, and even though I had a coach tell me that I was a great ref (same one that argued the takedown) I am looking for more criticism. If you see me blow a call, talk to me about it.
I will be at the Morgan County Tournament Friday and Saturday. I am looking forward to it.
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cool perspective. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for your commitment to kids and to the sport. I suspect most officials want to get it right, but being human, accepting criticism or handling a challenge under stress is difficult, and they automatically go into a defensive mode. Wrestling ain't easy, and the intensity seems to bring out less than the best in quite a few people.
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