Head Gear

[Jbee]

I must be old, Since when has it been ok to wrestle without a Head Gear. I have seen a number of pics with kids not wearing one. Is it not mandatory anymore? Is there some new safety data stating it is not necassary? wondering

[Matofficial]

Headgear is mandatory in all sanctioned events. Peewee teams are not required to because there is no sanctioning body.

[Jbee]

Thanks for the answer. Did not realize youth wrestling had no sanctioning body.....bad and bad!

[coach_williams]

The WVYWA is working to become the recognized sanctioning body for youth wrestling right now. However, I just looked through the rules and see no mention of requiring headgear/earguards, unless I overlooked it. It is something to bring up to them.

[forthekids]

Why in the world would we not want our youth wearing protect head gear. The have to wear them in middle and high school, WHY would we not want to? Then when they get to high school they won't take them off and throw them. (hence 1 team point)

[Tippe]

Why in the world would we not want our youth wearing protect head gear. The have to wear them in middle and high school, WHY would we not want to? Then when they get to high school they won't take them off and throw them. (hence 1 team point)

70 pound eight year old wrestlers don't bang heads like boys do after puberty. You have the choice to either have your wrestler wear them or not. No one is saying that your wrestler can't wear them. We do have headgear we keep in the wrestling bag for events that make you wear them, but do not wear them unless they are required. Cauliflower ear is very uncommon in youth wrestling.

Taking headgear off and throwing them has a much stronger correlation with sportsmanship than it does with comfort or being "used to them." If a wrestler in high school uses the excuse of "not being used to headgear" to throw headgear, because he only had three years of middle school to prepare himself, not three years of middle school plus five years of little league, that is pathetic, and totally illogical.

[mscoach57]

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[dunbar76]

Sorry, in my book, safety comes first. A well fitted ear guard was required in pee wee if I had anything to do with it. Good fundamentals should be learned early. I coached some junior high also and at practice I was in charge of, ear guards were required.