Get ready to witness the intense and exhilarating world of middle school folkstyle wrestling! Join us as we highlight the best moments from young boys' matches, showcasing their incredible skills, determination, and sportsmanship. In this action-packed video, we'll delve into the dynamic nature of folkstyle wrestling, comparing it to freestyle and Greco-Roman styles. Discover the unique techniques, strategies, and rules that make folkstyle wrestling a thrilling and competitive sport. Whether you're a wrestling enthusiast or simply curious about this exciting discipline, this video will give you a front-row seat to the unforgettable moments of young wrestlers leaving it all on the mat.
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00:00Hi friends, this is a middle school folk style wrestling matches.
00:07Enjoy watching and let me clarify what are the differences between folk style, freestyle and Greco-Roman.
00:18Many of the best wrestlers in the United States compete in three uniquely different styles – folk style, freestyle and Greco-Roman.
00:29Folk style simply means native style. Some say that the United States is the only country to have folk style wrestling which simply isn't true.
00:41There are hundreds of other countries with folk style wrestling.
00:46Iceland has Glima, Turkey has oil wrestling, Japan has Sumo and you say folk style is high school and college 8 wrestling.
00:58Freestyle and Greco-Roman are used for international competitions, namely the World Championship and the Olympic Games.
01:09Freestyle has similarities to American folk style system, while Greco-Roman is uniquely different from the other two.
01:18American folk style and freestyle allow leg attacks and Greco-Roman doesn't.
01:27All Greco-Roman attacks must be above the waist. Touching legs in Greco-Roman results in a penalty or a foul.
01:36Taking your opponent off his or her feet and exposing your opponent's back to the mat is the objective in all three styles.
01:48Think of Greco-Roman as boxing and folk style and freestyle wrestling as kickboxing.
01:55boxing only allows strikes to the body and head, while kickboxing allows strikes to the head, body and legs.
02:04Folk style and freestyle allow leg attacks but there are a variety of differences between the two.
02:13The biggest difference is that the American folk style system rewards control and freestyle rewards execution.
02:24Freestyle wrestling is just that, a freestyle of wrestling.
02:28Points come faster and matches often and quicker.
02:32Folk style won't have as many throws since referees will stop any potentially dangerous moves.
02:40Greco-Roman, as mentioned above, only allows attacks above the waist, which often leads to spectacular throws.
02:49This can also lead to low scoring matches since attacks are limited to half of the body.
02:56Securing your opponent's shoulders to the mat, known as a pin or a foul, is an effective way to end a match.
03:05This is universal between all three styles and is the ultimate goal of wrestling.
03:12The match ends and a winner is declared once a foul is secured.
03:19The American folk style system calls it a technical fall, while freestyle and Greco-Roman call it a technical superiority.
03:31The concept is the same.
03:33Outscore your opponent by a specified number of points and the match ends early.
03:41Let's see current point threshold for each style to end a match early.
03:49Folk style 15 points, freestyle 10 points and Greco-Roman just 8 points.
03:56All three styles begin with both a wrestler's standing.
04:02The object is to take your opponent off her feet and secure points.
04:10Take down is worth 3 points in college freestyle or folk style and 2 points in high school folk style.
04:18But take downs can be worth 2, 4 or 5 points in freestyle and Greco-Roman depending on how the move is executed.
04:27Folk style wrestling requires the top wrestler to hold the bottom wrestler in a dangerous position for 2 to 5 seconds to secure points, known as a near fall.
04:43While freestyle and Greco-Roman require the top wrestler to expose his or her opponent's back for a split second to score, known as exposure.
04:56For freestyle and Greco-Roman matches can end quickly if a wrestler secures a takedown and earns multiple exposures worth 2 points in sequence.
05:09Folk style matches require the top wrestler to hold an opponent on his or her back multiple times for multiple seconds to tabulate enough points for a technical fall.
05:24Reversals involve stopping an opponent when he or she is in the top position and reversing the situation.
05:35A reversal is worth 2 points in folk style and 1 point in Greco-Roman and freestyle.
05:43Escape.
05:44A point is awarded in folk style if the bottom wrestler gets out from underneath, faces his or her opponent and gets to the standing position.
05:58And there are no escapes in freestyle and greco-roman, but the referee will stand for wrestlers on their feet after several seconds if neither wrestler scores from par at their French on the mat.
06:15Folk style matches consist of 3 periods, while freestyle and greco-roman consist of 2 periods with a 30-second break between each.
06:30Matches will always end after 6 minutes during freestyle and greco-roman matches.
06:38Criteria are used to declare the winner if a match is tied at the end of a regulation.
06:46Folk style matches use an overtime system to declare a winner if matches are tied in regulation.
06:57There are some rules in folk style.
07:00To pin your opponent in folk style, you must hold your opponent to their back for 2 seconds.
07:07During folk style competition, you can only lock your hands while trying to pin or trying to take down your opponent, but not while riding.
07:17That is clasping and is illegal.
07:20An alternative way to end your match early would be being a technical superiority.
07:28To do so, in folk style competition, you must be beating your opponent by 15 points.
07:37So, if you practice wrestling, then freestyle and greco-roman will improve your overall technique and skills.
07:45Freestyle and greco-roman wrestling have different rules and scoring systems than folk style wrestling, which can help you develop new moves and techniques that you can use in your folk style matches.
08:00In folk style wrestling, there are technical violations.
08:06They include avoiding wrestling by leaving the mat, grabbing clothing, or headgear, incorrect starting position, locked hands.
08:17Okay, I hope I clarified enough about differences between 3 styles of wrestling.
08:25See you next time guys!
08:27He just finished, and here he went with the deep half, and finished him off.
08:36That was interesting!
08:37Two?
08:38One.
08:39Anyway, sorry.
08:40Two?
08:41Two?
08:42Why are you?
08:43Three?
08:44Three?
08:45Three.
08:46Three.
08:47Two?
08:48Three.
08:49Two.
08:50Three.
08:51Three.
08:53Three.
08:54Three.
08:56Three.
08:57We all had one in par by Zoom carbohydrate.
08:58Three.
09:00Three.
09:01Three.
09:02Three.
09:03Eight!
09:04Three.
09:05Four.
09:05Two?