>>76762757
i wrestled for 4 years, i was considered good. folkstyle though which is what they do in high schools in the usa, it has different rules from freestyle and greco roman.
you can win by score or pin. the match is separated into rounds, in the first round wrestlers start in neutral position, both standing. the goal is to take down your opponent which gets you 2 points, a take down is bringing them down to the mat and having "control" which is kinda subjective but it makes sense once you've done it or seen it. once you've taken down your opponent, your goal is to expose their back to the mat, where you can get near-fall points, 2 or 3, or a pin,also kind of subjective but it's based on time of back exposed to mat and whether the shoulder blades are down. if you get taken down, your goal is to escape, which is worth 1 point, or reverse, which is worth 2 points. a reversal is rolling or otherwise taking control of your opponent when on the ground.
wrestling stops at the end of a round, in the 2nd round there is a coin flip, the winner decides if they want to start in top/bottom/neutral. there is an alternate start as well, but basically bottom starts on all fours, top mounts them with 1 arm around the belly, the other nestled on the elbow, as if they had taken them down, no points are awarded for this however, if the bottom wrestler escapes or reverses, he gets points, the top wrestler has to get back points, some wrestling awards points for "riding," which is controlling your opponent from the top position, and there is also "riding time," which is used as a tiebreaker in some rules. neutral is starting standing. there is an alternate start which the top wrestler can opt for, which is starting standing with hands on the back, basically conceding your opponent an escape point without putting yourself at risk of reversal, there are many people that specialize in the bottom position, seeking to gain advantage with reversal points.
