Ray Shoaf
The Texas High School Coaches had their yearly before the season starts meeting last week and below is some of protocol that the officials will be adhering to concerning Covid-19 and Stalling issues.
Official COVID Protocol
Bring personal hand sanitizer, to be used frequently.
Officials shall wear face covering at all times
Electronic whistle are allowed, but does not eliminate need for face covering.
Do not share equipment.
Follow social distancing guidelines by allowing six feet minimum distance when engaging competitors coaches, officials pre-, during, post-event procedure.
Do not make unnecessary physical contact with competitors at any time.
Do not shake hands and follow pre- and post-game ceremony guidelines established by the UIL.
At the completion of each match, verbally instruct the winner to raise their hand in the air, and official will signal toward the winner’s team bench.
May wear disposable gloves. If gloves are worn, then they must change after each match.
Stalling
NFHS – “Officials need to call stalling more consistently to increase the level of aggressive, offensive wrestling.
“Removing stalling from the progressive penalty sequence. (Officials can) penalize wrestlers more freely without complicating (the combination of) other penalties”
“Officials.. to call stalling earlier, more consistently and without hesitation”
Neutral Out of Bounds Stalling
Different from Traditional Stalling
‘Stay on the Mat’ rule
Does not matter how the action got to that point (Traditional)
Competition Protocol
- Bring personal hand sanitizer, to be used frequently.
- Officials shall wear face covering at all times
- Electronic whistle are allowed, but does not eliminate need for face covering.
- Do not share equipment.
- Follow social distancing guidelines by allowing six feet minimum distance when engaging competitors, coaches, officials pre-, during, post-event procedure.
- Do not make unnecessary physical contact with competitors at any time.
- Do not shake hands and follow pre- and post-game ceremony guidelines established by the UIL.
- At the completion of each match, verbally instruct the winner to raise their hand in the air, and official will signal toward the winner’s team bench.
- May wear disposable gloves. If gloves are worn, then they must change after each match.
Weigh-ins
- UIL – “Face coverings must be worn by all wrestlers unless actively engaged in a wrestling match. Coaches and team personnel must wear face coverings at all times.”
