Dad4Sports;1384553 wrote:Crusier_96 is correct (imagine that)! You can't weigh in more than one weight class above your lowest certified weight....After the 2lb. growth allowance though, 132 become 134. As long as you don't weigh 134.1 or more you retain the 126 (128) class.

cruiser_96;1384564 wrote: If a coach lets a 182 pounder wrestle up to 195, it's important to remember that a kid can only lose 1.5% of his body weight per week. For that event, for the that weigh-in, being below 186 or 187 is a must!

Or, as GregHines and the snuggly one pointed out, are people really looking in to this THAT much!?!?!?!

bump_and_run;1384569 wrote:if your 182 is 1-4 @ darby and their 182 is 5-7 @ darby, then yes. yes, they are.

double arm bars;1384619 wrote:So if you wrestle a match today and your a 106 pounder your weigh in wt is 110. Then on Saturday your weigh in would be 108. Aren't they forcing nearly every good size 106 to break the 1.5% per week by their own rules?

kennypowers;1384600 wrote:E. WEIGHT LOSS PER WEEK
1. A weight loss limit of 1.5% of the “Alpha” weight per week has been set. The projected earliest date to wrestle at Predicted Minimum Weight will be broken down into days. This date will be on the Alpha Master Roster printout.
2. A wrestler will not be permitted, at any time, to wrestle in a weight class that would require him to lose more than 1.5%, per week, of his “Alpha” weight from the original date of assessment. *Coaches WILL exchange NWCA generated weigh-in forms to determine the weight class of the wrestlers for that competition. The official on site will verify that each coach has a copy of the opponent’s weigh-in form. Protests will be handled by the OHSAA. Officials are authorized to assess an unsportsmanlike pen- alty to a Head Coach who fails to comply with this rule

The key is what their "alpha" weight was.

double arm bars;1384619 wrote:So if you wrestle a match today and your a 106 pounder your weigh in wt is 110. Then on Saturday your weigh in would be 108. Aren't they forcing nearly every good size 106 to break the 1.5% per week by their own rules?

GregHines;1384127 wrote:Really, does anyone believe that alpha tests are for anything other than some semblance of legal protection? (I got the sarcasm.) Every one of us here can tell stories that are more the norm, I think, than the one-off situations ....

Dad4Sports;1384645 wrote:It's amazing (and cool) to me how the topics being discussed in many threads have nothing to do with the original topic.....morph into something very different, then sometimes back again.:thumbup:

HilliardDad;1384636 wrote:The way I read the rule, and I am not an expert in any way, is that once your alpha weight is established, there is a straight line 1.5% per week from that moment. Imagine a straight line graph. The 1.5 % does not apply week to week. You can weigh in at 145 one week and 138 the next, as long as the 138 is not lower than the straight line graph.

In addition, the Q & A make clear that this determines the weight class a wrestler can wrestle in, not how much he can weigh.

Coach Hennosy;1384953 wrote:This how I always understood the rule.

Otherwise, every coach would have to prove that every wrestler met this rule for every weigh in with original documentation before they could be put on a bracket at sectionals. If they miss it by .1 lbs, or don't have complete original documentation, then they are not entered. I don't want to sit through the 7 hour seeding meeting that has this requirement.

Dad4Sports;1384645 wrote:It's amazing (and cool) to me how the topics being discussed in many threads have nothing to do with the original topic.....morph into something very different, then sometimes back again.:thumbup: