What are the various styles of wrestling and how do they differ?
There are 3 styles of wrestling that are practiced in the US, Freestyle, Greco Roman, and the style that most of us are familar with, Folkstyle or Collegiate. Freestyle and Greco Roman are the styles that you find wrestled in the Olympics and at international competions, Folkstyle is the style that is wrestled in high schools and colleges. Freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling are very similar with one primary difference, in Gecro Roman a wrstler can not attack his opponent’s legs nor can he use his legs to trip, lift, or execute a move. Both Freestyle and GrecoRoman wrestling are aggreesive styles of wrestling where the primary purpose is to score points and take risks in scoring those points. The more complicated the takedown or throw and therefore the more risky the move gets the wrestlers the greater number of points. In Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling a wrestler does not have to gain control of his opponent to score points. Here are some of the basic points about Freestyle: • Fr
