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VHSL Wrestling Weight Control Program
Important Points for Coaches
The goal of this program is to allow for healthy gradual weight loss in those individuals who have body fat to lose and a desire to achieve a lower weight class.
- FIRST DATE OF TESTING IS NOVEMBER 5, 2007. Only VHSL Certified Measurers and Regional Master Testers may perform measurements and provide Coach-Official Team Reports. (Review “How to Read the Coach-Official Team Report)
- Wrestlers weighing in at a weight lower than permitted based on the allowable weight loss per week including buffer will be considered an unsportsmanlike violation and will be ejected from that date event and suspended from the next date event.
- All wrestlers will receive a one-pound growth allowance on Jan. 1 when WCP testing is completed before Dec. 15 with the exception of wrestlers participating in fall season playoffs (88-4-1 (1)). All wrestlers will receive an additional one-pound growth allowance on Feb. 1 when WCP testing is completed on or before Jan. 15. These combined for a two-pound total allowance.
- Wrestlers who are transferring from another state and have been tested and approved for a weight class must be retested using the VHSL WCP. The wrestler will not be permitted to compete in a weight class lower than the lowest weight class permitted by the VHSL WCP and the wrestler must comply with the weekly weight loss allowed by the VHSL WCP. The wrestler will be eligible to receive a one-pound growth allowance on Jan. 1 and an additional one-pound growth allowance on Feb 1 regardless of the date of the transfer.
- The growth allowance cannot be used to allow a wrestler to reach a lower weight class than permitted without a growth allowance. The original weight class weight must be greater than or equal to the athlete’s minimum weight permitted.
- W-1 forms must be completed for all meets. Non-dual meet events, the name, actual weight and date columns must be completed. All 7 columns must be completed for all dual meets, which inlcude: weight at last weigh-in, date of last weigh-in, weight loss per week allowed, and a check verifying eligibility.
- The Coach-Official Team Report and previous W-1 forms must be offered to the host school, which is responsible to confirm accuracy and compliance of both teams and completion of this meet's W-1 form.
- Completion of the W-1 form will provide the opportunity to verify the eligibility of all wrestlers. This is to be completed within one school day of the weigh in by a responsible adult acting as a designee of the principal (not a coach).
- During the 2007-08 season, it is required that all wrestlers weigh in and record their weight before each practice. The monitoring of weight must be taken within the hour prior to the start of wrestling practice daily to maintain a consistent comparison from day to day.
- Daily monitoring of a weight fluctuation of greater than 3 % should be scrutinized by the coach and may lead to a recalculation of the weight loss schedule. If a wrestler does gain more than 3% of his/her body weight, the coach should take the proper steps to council the athlete.
- If an athlete tests moderately dehydrated and the baseline weight adjustment does not allow the wrestler to compete at the weight class s/he desires, the wrestler may activate his/her one time “FREE HYDRATION RETEST” (Usg and weight retest), which does not count as an appeal.
- If an athlete does not agree with the results of his/her minimum weight class determination after the free hydration retest, they may appeal. Appeals must be requested within 2 days of the contested measurement.
Please review "About the VHSL WCP" and "New for 2007-08".
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