I my humble opinion stalling is a tough call for refs. It seems like there is alot of confusion as to what stalling is. I think that it is called differently especially at the end of the day when a ref is worn out. I personally believe that stalling occurs when a wrestler is not wrestling aggresively. I believe that stalling is occuring from the neutral position if a wrestler is not making a honest attempt at a take down....from the neutral position when the defensive man takes one or both legs and holds them to the buttocks of the offensive man who took the shot. From the bottom when the defensive man is not making an effort to esacape or reverse the opponent...or is clamped up tight trying to get a stalmate. I believe that stalling is occuring when the top/advantge man is not working towards securing near fall criteria and or a fall.
I do not know if everyone shares the same opinion as me and I really don't expect anyone to agree..I have learned one thing about refs it does you absolutely no good to try and talk your way into a stalling call.....it tends to irritate the ref. So as a coach I would preach aggressive wrestling as a way to aviod those calls. I would also preach the thought that "you can not depend on a ref to win a match for you...you have to wrestle hard enough and execute perfectly"...when you do this it takes the ref out of the match. Some old wrestling coach told me that a long time ago.....he probally does not remember it but he knows who he is and he has posted his thought in this thread.
Well I hope I have not offended anyone I just thought I would say my peace.
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