http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speak...ller-iowa-state

I want to say that I was very appreciative of the officials at Derby taking the time to go on the mat with me during the break and have a discussion about a rule in wrestling. In the past it has been very difficult for some officials to open up and have these types of discussions, but these officials put their pride aside to discuss the move. I wanted to post the situation and see what others thought as well.

Daniel Deshazer gets a takedown where the wrestlers leg was trapped high. We all know that the wrestler has a certain amount of time to let the trapped leg down before a stall call will be awarded. However, we have been working a new turn from this position that I first saw on Flow wrestling that Brent Metcalf used in the Iowa v. Iowa State dual.

Daniel was hit for stalling for not letting the leg go, however, he had put both of his legs in, scissored the legs and was working a whip to a cross face to turn him. During the match I stated to the official that I did not believe this was a stall call as we are working a turn from there and not just riding. Daniel also had a leg in as well and was using the move to make action. He said he had never seen that before and wanted to discuss it later and we did. He was very easy to work with and I believe it was a growing point for both of us.

The move happens at around 4:11 in the video above. Metcalf is allowed to keep the foot locked for over 20 seconds because he is working a turn.

Daniel was in the exact same position and working the exact same thing except he hit the turn a lot faster and was trying to reset and hit it again when he was hit for stalling. I just wanted to put this video out there to see that this turn is out there and being used in college and upper level competition. I call it a Metcalf actually when I teach it. Tell me what you guys think.

Mr. Wright, Richards, Hernandez, Alley... Thanks for taking the time to discuss this with me. If you see this, you might be able to get a better visual of what I was talking about.

Coach Church