NFHS WRESTLING RULES EXAMS SCRIPT 2025 QUESTIONS
ANSD SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What happens to the weigh classes when one team is competing in consecutive
days?
4-5-5 - ✔✔there is a 1 lb allowance for each day with a max of 2 lbs.
minimum of 48 hours notice must be given to opponent (principle, Head coach, or AD)
✔✔Can a wrestler with an artificial limb weigh in with the device and decide not to use it
wrestling or visa versa?
4-5-9 - ✔✔No
✔✔Define Bad Time?
5-1-1 - ✔✔1)wrestling with wrestlers in the wrong position
2)When the wrong choice of position is given that can't be corrected next period. (3rd
period, ultimate tiebreaker, tiebreaker,2nd injury timeout, next restart after 2 pt stalling.
3) Continued wrestling after a violation that should have stopped the match
✔✔Would bad time be called if the wrong choice was given at the start of the 2nd
period?
5-1-1 - ✔✔No. The other wrestler will be given choice in the 3rd period.
✔✔Would bad time be called if the wrong choice was given at the start of the 2nd 30
second tiebreaker period?
5-1-1 - ✔✔Yes. The other wrestler would not be able to make a choice in the next
period. The period would be re-wrestled after A 1 min. rest.
✔✔What happens to the points earned during bad time? What are the exceptions?
5-1-3 - ✔✔Points, penalties, and injury time are voided.
Exceptions would be flagrant misconduct, unsportsmanlike, unnecessary roughness,
illegal holds, and blood time.
✔✔During the 3rd period the coach calls you to the table and states that during the 2nd
period you should have stopped the match for a penalty but didn't. The coach wants you
to call Bad Time. What do you do?
5-1-4 - ✔✔Because we have started a new period even if we should have Bad Time we
can't go back and re-wrestle the Bad Time.
✔✔What is the call when a wrestle bites their opponent?
5-2-1 - ✔✔Flagrant Misconduct
✔✔Tournament Brackets are set and they are showing 2 byes in the second round of
the consolation brackets. The coach of one team comes to you to see if this is
acceptable. What is your call?
, 5-3-2 - ✔✔There should not be any Byes after the first rounds. The tournament
coordinator would have to redo the brackets.
✔✔What is a caution used for?
5-4-1 - ✔✔Incorrect Starting position or false starts.
✔✔In the first period you caution wrestle A 3 times. In the 3rd period you caution
wrestle A again. How many points would wrestle B get in the 1st period for the
cautions? What is the call on the 3rd period caution?
5-4-2 - ✔✔There would be 1 point given in the 1st period (2 cautions before penalizing)
and the 3rd period caution would be 1 point.
✔✔What is Coach Misconduct?
5-5-1 - ✔✔occurs when a coach improperly questions ( judgment call or misapplication
of the rules) the referee at the scorers table.
Always charged to the head coach
✔✔What is the penalty for Coach Misconduct?
5-5-3 - ✔✔1st offense = Warning
2nd offense = 1 team point
3rd offense = 2 team points and the head coach is removed for the rest of the day
penalties start over the next day (warning, points, and removal)
✔✔When a wrestler can't continue wrestling for any reason what is it called?
5-7-1 - ✔✔Default
✔✔When a wrestler is removed from competition based on the penalty chart or
withdraws after checking in, what is it called?
5-8-1 - ✔✔Disqualified
✔✔What is an Escape?
5-10-1 - ✔✔When the defensive wrestler gains a neural position and the offensive
wrestler looses control (beyond reaction time) with a total of 2 supporting points
inbounds
✔✔What is a fall?
5-11-1 - ✔✔Any part of both shoulders or both scapulas are in contact with the mat for 2
seconds. While supporting points of either wrestler are inbounds. When the offensive
wrestler is the only one in bounds he will continue to be inbounds as long as both knees
are within the cylinder.
✔✔What is a Near Fall?
ANSD SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What happens to the weigh classes when one team is competing in consecutive
days?
4-5-5 - ✔✔there is a 1 lb allowance for each day with a max of 2 lbs.
minimum of 48 hours notice must be given to opponent (principle, Head coach, or AD)
✔✔Can a wrestler with an artificial limb weigh in with the device and decide not to use it
wrestling or visa versa?
4-5-9 - ✔✔No
✔✔Define Bad Time?
5-1-1 - ✔✔1)wrestling with wrestlers in the wrong position
2)When the wrong choice of position is given that can't be corrected next period. (3rd
period, ultimate tiebreaker, tiebreaker,2nd injury timeout, next restart after 2 pt stalling.
3) Continued wrestling after a violation that should have stopped the match
✔✔Would bad time be called if the wrong choice was given at the start of the 2nd
period?
5-1-1 - ✔✔No. The other wrestler will be given choice in the 3rd period.
✔✔Would bad time be called if the wrong choice was given at the start of the 2nd 30
second tiebreaker period?
5-1-1 - ✔✔Yes. The other wrestler would not be able to make a choice in the next
period. The period would be re-wrestled after A 1 min. rest.
✔✔What happens to the points earned during bad time? What are the exceptions?
5-1-3 - ✔✔Points, penalties, and injury time are voided.
Exceptions would be flagrant misconduct, unsportsmanlike, unnecessary roughness,
illegal holds, and blood time.
✔✔During the 3rd period the coach calls you to the table and states that during the 2nd
period you should have stopped the match for a penalty but didn't. The coach wants you
to call Bad Time. What do you do?
5-1-4 - ✔✔Because we have started a new period even if we should have Bad Time we
can't go back and re-wrestle the Bad Time.
✔✔What is the call when a wrestle bites their opponent?
5-2-1 - ✔✔Flagrant Misconduct
✔✔Tournament Brackets are set and they are showing 2 byes in the second round of
the consolation brackets. The coach of one team comes to you to see if this is
acceptable. What is your call?
, 5-3-2 - ✔✔There should not be any Byes after the first rounds. The tournament
coordinator would have to redo the brackets.
✔✔What is a caution used for?
5-4-1 - ✔✔Incorrect Starting position or false starts.
✔✔In the first period you caution wrestle A 3 times. In the 3rd period you caution
wrestle A again. How many points would wrestle B get in the 1st period for the
cautions? What is the call on the 3rd period caution?
5-4-2 - ✔✔There would be 1 point given in the 1st period (2 cautions before penalizing)
and the 3rd period caution would be 1 point.
✔✔What is Coach Misconduct?
5-5-1 - ✔✔occurs when a coach improperly questions ( judgment call or misapplication
of the rules) the referee at the scorers table.
Always charged to the head coach
✔✔What is the penalty for Coach Misconduct?
5-5-3 - ✔✔1st offense = Warning
2nd offense = 1 team point
3rd offense = 2 team points and the head coach is removed for the rest of the day
penalties start over the next day (warning, points, and removal)
✔✔When a wrestler can't continue wrestling for any reason what is it called?
5-7-1 - ✔✔Default
✔✔When a wrestler is removed from competition based on the penalty chart or
withdraws after checking in, what is it called?
5-8-1 - ✔✔Disqualified
✔✔What is an Escape?
5-10-1 - ✔✔When the defensive wrestler gains a neural position and the offensive
wrestler looses control (beyond reaction time) with a total of 2 supporting points
inbounds
✔✔What is a fall?
5-11-1 - ✔✔Any part of both shoulders or both scapulas are in contact with the mat for 2
seconds. While supporting points of either wrestler are inbounds. When the offensive
wrestler is the only one in bounds he will continue to be inbounds as long as both knees
are within the cylinder.
✔✔What is a Near Fall?
