CIF-LA City Section
Wrestling Coaches Meeting
10/8/16
James Monroe High School
Welcome
• New Teams
– North Valley Military Institute
– Wilson
• New Coaches
– Review Coaches Contact List
Administrative
• Web Site: www.cif-la.org
• LA City Section Wrestling
– Boy’s & Girls’ Varsity Wrestling
• League Assignments – League Managers
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Jose Hernandez – Northern
Steve Cifoneli – Coliseum
Roman Hernandez - Marine
Jean Ramirez – East Valley
Trent Jackson – Valley Mission
James Medeiros – West Valley
Administrative
– League Managers
– Changes & additions: Changes after printed schedule is
distributed will only be approved in the event of an
emergency.
• 2016-17 Wrestling League Schedules
• Who wrestles first decided at weigh-in
– Pre-Dual Match Timeline
• Regional Alignment: #1, #2, #3
• Seeding Committee
– Ballot
– Nominations
Wrestling Timeline
2016-17
CIF-Los Angeles Section
Wrestling Timeline
Coaches Meeting
Monroe HS
Tuesday, October 8th
10:00 am
Assessments – Hydration Tests Starting
Date and Locations TBD
October 15th
First allowable practice - Boys & Girls
November 7th
First allowable tournament/competition – Boys & Girls
November 18th
City Duals: Division I & II
• Round #1: TBA
• Round #2: TBD
Saturday, January 30th
Boy’s Regional Qualifying Tournaments
• Region 1: Polytechnic
• Region 2: Birmingham
• Region 3: Palisades
Saturday, February 11th
Wrestling @ 10:00 am
City Championship Finals Boy’s & Girl’s
Location: Roybal Learning Center
• Wrestling @ 3:00 pm/ 10:00 am
Friday & Saturday
February 17th & 18th
Girl’s State Championship's
• Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, CA
February 24th & 25th
Boys State Championship’s
• Rabobank Arena, Bakersfield, CA
March 3rd & 4th
Region 1
• East Valley League
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Chavez
Monroe
Polytechnic
Vaughn
Verdugo Hills
North Valley Military Inst
Marine League
- Bell
- Carson
- Marquez
- San Pedro
- Narbonne
Region 2
• West Valley League
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Birmingham
Chatsworth
Cleveland
El Camino Real
Granada Hills
Northern League
- Belmont
- Bernstein
- Eagle Rock
- Franklin
- Roybal
- Wilson
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Region
• Valley Mission League
- Panorama
- Reseda
- San Fernando
- Sylmar
- Van Nuys
Coliseum
- Bright Star
- Diego Rivera
- Dorsey
- Fremont
- Palisades
- West Adams
Safety
• Facility
– Be aware of your Safe School Plan in the event of an Emergency
• Equipment
– Safety Equipment (Headgears)
– AED
• Training methods
– Maintain Daily Practice Plans
– Know your skills
• Student health
– MRSA
– Ringworm
– Impetigo
John Aguirre
• Commissioner CIF-LA Section
RULES (IAC, CIF)
1. Student Eligibility
• Scholastic Requirements (CIF Bylaw 205)
2. Coaching Requirements (Bylaw 512)
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Title V - Coaching Education
First Aid / CPR Certification
Concussion Training
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Training
Coaches code of Conduct
3. Out of Season Contact
4. Dead Period (Bylaw 309)
5. Practice Requirement
6. Practice limitation (Bylaw 506)
7. Number of Contest – (Bylaw 3101)
8. Safety
a. Heat Stress
b. Concussion Return to play Protocol
c. Facilities
9. Coaching Responsibilities
10. PCA – Double Gold Coach
2017-18 Training and Presentation
11. Max Preps
a. Section requirement
12. Eligibility Roster
13. Ineligible Student Participation
13. Transfers
a. Bylaw 206 – Valid Change of Residence
b. Bylaw 207 – other than change of residence
c. Foreign Students
• Student exchange
d. Hardship
14. Other than transfer hardship
Age – bylaw 203, 8 Semester – Bylaw 204, Scholastic – bylaw
205
15. Undue Influence, Athletic Motivation, Prior Contact, Following
a Coach
16. Officials Fees
Dawn Xitco
• Specialist - LAUSD Athletics Office
Coaching Requirements
– Head Coaches
• Coaching Education
HumanKineticsCoachingEducation.com
• First Aid / CPR
• Concussion Training
http://www.nfhslearn.co
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• Sportsmanship Training
– http://www.nfhs/learn.
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• Code of Conduct
• SCA – nfhslearn.org
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Training
– Volunteer Coaches
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Finger print / TB test (LAUSD)
Coaching Education
Concussion Training
First Aid / CPR highly
recommended
• Sportsmanship Training
– http://www.nfhs/learn.co
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• Code of Conduct
Athletic Paperwork CIF / Section?
• Pre-participation Physical & Health History
• Proof of Insurance
• Emergency Information Card
• Acknowledgment of Risk Warning and consent Form
• Code of conduct
• Steroid Prohibition
• Evidence of Academic Eligibility
• Paperwork associated with Transfer Eligibility
• Parent Student Concussion Awareness Form
• Travel arrangements
1. Do the paperwork
2. Notify your AD
3. Follow LAUSD Policy
Hazing, Bullying, Suspected Child
Abuse
– Do not allow anyone to participate in these activities
as part of your program.
– Report all incidents of Hazing and Bullying to an
administrator and or police as soon as possible.
– Report, Report, Report
• Criminal / Child Abuse – LAPD
– Los Angeles County, The Child Protection Hotline 1 (800) 540-4000
– Los Angeles Police Department Abused Child Unit (213) 485-4700
– Los Angeles County Sheriff Department (562) 946-8531
•Bullying is…..
– The deliberate antagonistic action or creation of a situation with the intent
of inflicting emotional, physical, or psychological distress.
– The behavior may be a single or repeated act and may be electronic, indirect, nonverbal, psychological, sexual, social, physical, or verbal.
•Hazing
– Is any method of initiation, pre-initiation or rite of passage associated with actual or
desired membership in a student organization or body, whether or not the organization or
body is officially recognized by an educational institution.
Bullying Policy (BUL-5212.0 Student-to-Student, Adult-to Student, and Student-toAdult)
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Coaching Education
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Trent Jackson
James Mederios
Steve Cifonelli
Roman Tovar
Jean Ramirez
Terry Fischer
- Takedown App
- How to build your program
- Organizing your practice
- Education Based Athletics
- Max Preps
- TCWA & Using your assistant
coaches
Wrestling Officials
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New rules
Points of Emphasis
Weigh-in procedures
– Pre-Match Weigh-in Timeline
– Pre-Match Weigh-in Sheet
– Skin Lesions & Groom Cheek
Weight Management Program –
Hydration Testing
• Wrestling Assessors
• Michael Castillo
• Tom Jones
• Steve Soltysik
2016-17
WRESTLING
WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
COACHS’ MANUAL
NWCA Wrestling Weight Management
Program
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TRACKWRESTLING.com
Codes & Passwords
Coaches Registration with NWCA online
Assessment Dates
$10 per wrestler at the time of assessment
Hydration and assessment
Deadline for assessment is January 15 (exception require
hardship waiver)
Certified minimum wrestling weight base
Weight loss limit per week 1.5% of body weight
2 pound growth allowance (January 15)
No Hydration Test after January 15
• Appeal of Assessment Results – 14 days
• See Section on Appeals pg. 10, Coaches’ Manual in the Wrestling
Weight Management Program
• Minimum days of practice before a student can compete
• 40 match rule
• Weigh-ins – Pre-match Weigh-in form (all competitions)
• NWCA Optimal Performance Calculator
• Wrestlers Access Report
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Parental Permission form
Individual Profile Form – Weight Certification Assessment
Appeal form – Air Displacement Body Composition Report Form
Physician Clearance - Wrestler body fat Allowance (below 7%
male / 12% female)
• Concussion Awareness
• Physician Release – Skin Lesion
Assessment Process
• School’s Responsibilities for the Assessment
Process
• School official(s) (e.g. A.D., non-wrestling coach,
teacher, VP, Dean, etc.) who will help with the
assessment. Urine sample collection MUST be
supervised by school personnel.
• Schools having female wrestlers are responsible for
providing a female school official to assist in securing
the urine sample.
• See page 6 of the Coaches Weight Management
Manual
Hydration Testing
• Testing to determine a wrestler’s hydration status
as part of a minimum competitive weight
assessment
– Each wrestler must pass a hydration test before they
can proceed further with the CIF Weight Management
Assessment process.
– Refractometers will be used to measure the hydration
level.
– Wrestlers who fail the hydration test will be instructed
that they will need to reschedule their assessment no
sooner than 24 hours following the time of test failure
and will be responsible for the payment of another
assessment fee.
– See page 7 of the Coaches Weight Management
Manual
Hydration Testing
• Wrestlers should report to the assessment in weighin attire only (singlet or t-shirt and shorts).
• Any problems in the urine collection of a wrestler necessitates
voiding their sample
• The Assessor will then record the reading on the wrestler’s
Individual Profile Form and check Pass or Fail.
– Wrestlers must have Current School ID
– Specific Gravity-measurements greater than 1.025 will
disqualify the athlete
– Measurement of Height
– Scale reading for weight
– Wrestler will receive copy of receipt
During the Season
• Each school is required to present their PreMatch Weigh-in Form at all competitions up to
and including the CIF State Championship.
• Wrestlers who are not on the Pre-Match
Weigh-in Form are not eligible for that
competition
Appeal Process #1 - Repeat Initial Assessment.
• All athletes will be able to appeal his or her body
composition measurements one time by bio-impedance
reassessment on the Tanita Scale:
• After a minimum 24-hour period, the wrestler repeats the BIA
assessment process.
• The same CIF Assessor may conduct the reassessment or the school
may contact another CIF Assessor to do the reassessment.
• The fee for this reassessment is the responsibility of the athlete
and/or school.
• Reassessment includes hydration assessment, Tanita measurement,
and the same body composition method as previously utilized.
• Wrestler may not lose weight during the first 7 days or more than 1 ½
percent body weight within 8 to 14 days of the initial assessment.
• Failure to comply with these regulations will result in a denial of the
appeal.
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Appeal Process #2 - Air Displacement Body Composition.
• If dissatisfied with the results of initial bioimpedance assessment or
Appeal Process #1 bio-impedance Reassessment on the Tanita Scale,
the wrestler may choose air displacement measurement (BodPod) to
assess body fat percentage from a list of approved facilities (Call your
Section Office to confirm approved testing site found on this list
http://www.cosmed.com/en/test-site-locator).
• Results of this step shall be final and no further appeal will be allowed.
• The school should file an “Air Displacement Body Composition Report
Form” prior to BodPod assessment.
• Air displacement may be performed within the 14 days of initial
assessment at any time prior to the wrestler’s first competition but
must be reported to and approved by the Section Office 72 hours
prior to competition. A wrestler may not wrestle until the appropriate
Section Office has updated the team’s Alpha Master List.
• It will be the responsibility of the appellant to contact a facility that
has a Bod Pod to perform the test and will be required to pay the fee
for the assessment. Sites will be found by visting:
http://www.cosmed.com/en/test-site-locator
• Wrestler may not lose weight during the first 7 days or 1 ½ percent
body weight within 8 to 14 days of the initial assessment.
Appeals Process (CIF Bylaw 3103.G.)
• Appeal Process #1 may be bypassed and only
Appeal Process #2 completed. Appeal Process
#2 is final.
• Clearance for Wrestler Under Minimum %
Body Fat: 7% for boys or 12% for girls, must
obtain in writing a licensed physician’s (M.D.
or D.O.) clearance also signed by the school
principal, parent and wrestling coach.
Tournaments
– Sanction Tournaments
– Tournament Participation application (maintain on
file at school)
– Host Tournament Application (deadlines - 60 Days)
– See handout How to run a High School Wrestling Tournament
– Host School must turn in Pre-Match Weigh-In forms
Regional Championships
– Boy’s Regional Tournament
• Host School – organize tournament
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Double elimination after “Pig Tail” match
Seeding / 8 man bracket (12 team Regions)
Seed 1 – 4.
“Pigtail” must win to stay in tournament
Wrestle to 6th Place (May not violate 5 match rule)
• Seeding Committee to determine seeding
– Seeding Meeting – Feb. 7th @ CIF Office: Boys: 5:00 pm
• Seeding Criteria
– Section Ranking (body of work)
– Coaches MUST submit results
• Only wrestlers that competed in the regional
tournaments are qualified to be entered in the CIF-LA
City Championship Qualifying Tournament
– Top 5 regional finishers from each Regional Qualifying
Tournament are eligible for the City Championship
– Using a 3 year rotation, a 6th place finisher will fill the open
spot.
City Duals Boys & Girls
• (more information to come)
Girls City Championship
• Open Format one Wrestler from each weight class/school
• Two day Double elimination
• Seeding / 16 man bracket
– Seed 1 – 8 ?
– Wrestle to 6th
• Seeding Criteria
– Seeding Meeting – Feb. 10th @ CIF Office: Girls 4:00 pm
– Must have wrestled 8 matches to be seeded
– Section Ranking
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Scoring to 6th
Medals to 4th place
Upper & Lower Outstanding Wrestler
Coaches will submit their line –up prior to the seeding
meeting
Boys City Championship
• 2 Day – 16 man bracket
• Formula
– City Ranking / Formula
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Scoring to 6th
Medals to 4th place
Upper & Lower Outstanding Wrestler
CIF Champion & Runner-up Plaques
True Seconds to fill void left by Oakland
New business
Questions & Answer
League Discussion
Adjournment