Picture provided by: sportspectator.com-This is a basic wrestling mat. A wrestling mat is where all the magic happens; Two wrestlers enter and are assigned a color by there designated table (Red or Green). The inner circle is your main boundarys, you want to try to keep the action within this circle, however the outer circle is the "out ot bounds". When a player starts a match he sets a foot on his assigned colored line and shakes his opponents hand as a sign of sportmanship. The match then starts. If a wrestler happens to step out of bounds the match resests into the inner circle. There is two ways by winning a match, by pin or by points. Scoring is simple; a take down is one point, getting to your opponents back scores you two points, escaping from your opponent is one point, and near fall is 1 point. A match consist of three wrestling periods in which are 1:30 seconds long. If both wrestlers are tied in the third period it then goes into sudden death. Sudden death has a time limit of 60 seconds; within this 60 secs. you have to some how score on your opponent in order to win. Lastly id like to review the pin, the fastest way to end a match. A pin is when you expose your opponent back to the mat with both shoulders down until the referee can call the pin. Well thats the basics I hope that this imformation may brief you on the basic rules for wrestling, and always remember when the match begins, "Win by Pin".
