different types and styles of wrestling

Thesis statement: Free style, Professional, Greko Roman, and
Collegiant wrestling have very different rules and styles.I. Free style
wrestlingA. RulesB. StyleII. Professional wrestlingA. RulesB. StyleIII.
Greko Roman wrestlingA. RulesB. StyleIV. Collegiant wrestlingA.
RulesB. Style Wrestling is broken into four different types based on rules
and style; Free style, Professional, Greko Roman, and Collegiant. Free
style is usually started after school is let out for the summer. The rules of
Free style wrestling are pretty simple. Both wrestlers start in the standing
position for all three rounds. Each round is two minutes long, and the
person with the most points at the end of the third round wins. Free style
wrestling is done on a mat, approximately two inches thick and is half the
size of a basketball court. The out of bounds area on the mat is marked
by a circle; so no one gets hurt by being thrown off the mat. There are
several ways to score points, takedowns, throws, and pins. Takedowns
are when one wrestler has the other wrestler under control on the mat, all
four extremities are touching the mat. In Free style, after a takedown
both wrestlers start back at the standing position. Takedowns are worth
one point, because using the legs is not favorable in Free style. Throws
are exactly what is sounds like, one wrestler throws the other one. Two
to four points can be awarded depending on the height of the throw. The
higher the more points. After a throw both wrestlers start back at the
standing position. A pin in Free style is when one wrestlers shoulder
blades roll on the mat. You do not have to hold a wrestler down for a
count of three to get a pin in Free style. Free style is basically practice for
the Collegiant wrestling season. Professional wrestling is done in a
boxing ring, the rules are vague, but the sport is very entertaining. They
can hit each other with chairs, body slam from the top ropes, and even
throw each other out of the ring! I think the only rule they have is no
biting. Professional wrestling is done for the entertainment of others.
Greko Roman wrestling also has three rounds and is played on a
mat. The real difference in Greko Roman is that you can not use the legs

at all. To score points in this type of wrestling you must throw your
opponent. The higher you throw your opponent the more points you
receive. You can win if you throw your opponent and pin him, similar to
Free style. Greko Roman is played in the off season after the Free style
season is over. Greko Roman like Free style is for practice for the
Collegiant season. Very few people wrestle only Greko Roman.
Collegiant wrestling is for high school, college students, and the
Olympics. It is played on a mat of similar size and boundaries. There are
three rounds which are two minutes long. The first is started in the
standing position, in the second round there is a coin toss. Whoever wins
the coin toss gets to choose what position the wants to start the second
round in. The choices are up, down, or standing. Up is the term for the
other wrestler is on all fours with you behind him, one hand on the
belly-button the other on the elbow. One knee must be down on the mat,
the other must be off the mat. The down position is you are on all fours
and the other wrestler is in the up position. The only advantage of being
in the down position is if you are good at reversals. A reversal is one
point, and is done when the down wrestler gets in the up position or the
standing position. Escaping from the other wrestler. You can also score
points by takedowns, two points. In Collegiant wrestling you can get
points by putting your opponents back at a forty-five degree angle to the
mat. Holding him there for four seconds is four points, three seconds is
three points. Pins in this type of wrestling can only be achieved by
holding both shoulder blades to the mat for three seconds. Throws are
takedowns and are only two points. Wrestling is very exhausting sport
even though it is only six minutes long, it seems like an eternity.