During its meeting in Indianapolis earlier this month, the National Federation of State High School Associations' Board of Directors approved 17 rule revisions regarding high school wrestling.
Among the most pressing matters listed on a press release issued by the Florida High School Athletic Association:
WEIGHT CLASSES: The weight classes for the 2011-12 season will be 106 pounds, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182,, 195, 220 and 285. According to Dale Pleimann, the chairman of the NFHS' wrestling rules committee, the goal was to create weight classes that feature at least 7 percent of wrestlers in each division.
THE BOUNDARY LINE: The two-inch line surrounding the wrestling area is now inbounds. Previously, any wrestler touching any part of the line was ruled out of bounds, and wrestling would stop.
THE FIGURE 4: Illegal only around the body or legs, the Figure 4 manuever around a wrestler's head is no longer allowed.
A total 272,890 boys wrestled during the 2009-10 school year, making wrestling the sixth-most popular boys sport at the prep level, according to a NFHS Athletics Participation Survey. Wrestling drew 6,134 girls during that year, as well, according to the survey.
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