Originally Posted By: Bronco Wrestler
I watched the video and in it you can clearly see at first her hand is under the shoulder, then the young man lifts his right shoulder off the mat, then the official gets in the view as he's looking for the fall, at :50 it appears it could be a fall but we cannot see the other shoulder (but the official is right there) then at :55 he goes back to lifting his left shoulder off.

I didn't see a fall and a video this far away can be deceiving. The official was in good position to see it and apparently didn't see it.

This is just my opinion, probably not worth anything just my view.


I thought the same thing...not really definitive on the film.... plus it is 6U and while I don't officiate kids, I know that in the middle school matches there is a little more time given in calling a fall...yes, the rule still says 2 seconds, but its kind of like speeding...on the interstate you might get by with driving 10 over the limit, but in a school zone you might get no break. So context does matter. Same in the NFL...holding occurs on every play, but it doesn't get called unless it affects the play. Here, and I don't officiate kids, maybe its the convention that you are a little more deliberate or slow when the bottom wrestler is working side to side and working.

More often we get criticized for calling falls too quickly...