Ranking Wrestling Actions by Difficulty

[jross]

Wrestlers and coaches, I’m curious—how would you rank the difficulty of key wrestling actions? Whether it’s a takedown, reversal, escape, or nearfall, each action has its own challenges. Here’s a breakdown to get us started, but I want to hear your thoughts!

How would you rank these Freestyle and Folkstyle actions in terms of difficulty? (unranked below)

• Grand Amplitude Takedown to Danger Position
• Takedown to Danger Position
• Takedown
• 4-second Nearfall
• 3-second Nearfall
• 2-second Nearfall
• Danger Position (Any Duration Back Exposure)
• Short Amplitude Throw from the ground (with danger position)
• Grand Amplitude Throw (no danger position)
• 1+minute Riding Time
• Reversal
• Escape
• Step Out
• Passivity

How do the non scoring actions below fit into your ranking of above difficulties?

• Holding center
• Escape from a nearfall position
• Defending a takedown
• Escaping the cowboy from a prone position

You can use ranking tiers, but make sure to include clear differentiators (e.g., 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5, 6...).

[ionel]

3 hours ago, jross said:

How do the non scoring actions below fit into your ranking of above difficulties?

• Holding center
• Escape from a nearfall position
• Double bird splits
• Defending a takedown
• Escaping the cowboy from a prone position

You can use ranking tiers, but make sure to include clear differentiators (e.g., 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5, 6...).

ftfy

[AgaveMaria]

It varies depending on who you just wrestled.

[paul corsi]

On 10/27/2024 at 6:39 AM, jross said:

Wrestlers and coaches, I’m curious—how would you rank the difficulty of key wrestling actions? Whether it’s a takedown, reversal, escape, or nearfall, each action has its own challenges. Here’s a breakdown to get us started, but I want to hear your thoughts!

How would you rank these Freestyle and Folkstyle actions in terms of difficulty? (unranked below)

• Grand Amplitude Takedown to Danger Position
• Takedown to Danger Position
• Takedown
• 4-second Nearfall
• 3-second Nearfall
• 2-second Nearfall
• Danger Position (Any Duration Back Exposure)
• Short Amplitude Throw from the ground (with danger position)
• Grand Amplitude Throw (no danger position)
• 1+minute Riding Time
• Reversal
• Escape
• Step Out
• Passivity

How do the non scoring actions below fit into your ranking of above difficulties?

• Holding center
• Escape from a nearfall position
• Defending a takedown
• Escaping the cowboy from a prone position

You can use ranking tiers, but make sure to include clear differentiators (e.g., 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5, 6...).

Complete period rideout should be rewarded! 1 extra The Referees are already controlling parallel ride stalling. You basically control your opponent for an entire 2 minutes straight and get 30% reward(1 for riding time) of a 5 second blast  takedown.  

[PortaJohn]

16 hours ago, AgaveMaria said:

It varies depending on who you just wrestled.

@jross this is the correct answer.  Let's say you take 2 high level guys equal in talent.  The hardest move either could execute on each other would be an elementary level move like pinning with  a half nelson

[jross]

Good point! Let’s picture it this way: both wrestlers are equally solid across every position, landing in the top 80% for every position, and winning 80% of their D1 matches. With that setup, how would you rank these moves by difficulty?