Rules and Basics
The number of points awarded for a takedown in folkstyle.
What is 2 points?
This move earns 1 point when you escape from bottom.
What is an escape?
A basic takedown where you grab behind both knees and drive forward.
What is a double-leg?
The style used in U.S. high school and college competition.
What is folkstyle?
This university’s wrestling program is one of the strongest in the nation and competes in the Big Ten (hint: it's near here!)
What is Ohio State University?
The position where one wrestler starts on top and the other on bottom.
What is referee’s position?
The term for regaining control from the bottom position and earning 2 points.
What is a reversal?
A common pinning combination involving passing the arm and controlling the head.
What is a half-nelson?
Style where attacking the legs (shots) is illegal.
What is Greco-Roman?
This Ohio city hosts the Ironman Tournament, one of the most competitive high school wrestling tournaments in the country.
What is Cleveland?
The term for walking backward out of bounds to avoid wrestling—gives your opponent one point.
What is stalling?
The move often taught first, a single-leg variation named after a shot that drops a knee to the mat.
What is a penetration step?
A tilt that uses your legs to trap your opponent’s hip, often used in high school.
What is the leg-ride tilt (or leg tilt)?
Style where exposure (rolling someone across their back) scores 2 points even without control.
What is freestyle?
This American wrestler became the youngest senior world champion in U.S. history, winning their first world title at age 18.
Who is Amit Elor?
The number of points for a near-fall where you hold your opponent’s back at a 45° angle for 2–4 seconds.
What is 2 points?
In folkstyle, this strategy is used late in a close match: a wrestler intentionally chooses the ____ position to try to earn this single point quickly (top, bottom, neutral)?
What is bottom?
A freestyle move where exposure is scored by rolling your opponent across their back.
What is a gut wrench?
In this style, par terre (starting on the ground) is used when one wrestler is penalized for passivity.
What is Greco-Roman?
This annual USA Wrestling national event is considered the “Super Bowl” of high school wrestling and crowns All-Americans in freestyle and Greco.
What is Fargo?
This is the only way to immediately end a folkstyle match regardless of score.
What is a pin?
Strategy where the top wrestler intentionally lets the bottom wrestler up, trading 1 point for better takedown opportunities.
What is cutting them loose?
A high-level throw seen in Greco-Roman where the wrestler lifts and arches backward to expose the opponent.
What is a suplex?
Both Olympic styles share this rule: a pin ends the match instantly.
What is freestyle and Greco-Roman?
This American became the first U.S. man to win Olympic gold in freestyle since 1996 when he dominated the 125 kg bracket at the 2020 Games.
Who is Gable Steveson?