Collegiate wrestling is the form of wrestling practiced at the college and university level in the United States.
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15 Facts About Collegiate wrestling
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The rules and style of collegiate or folkstyle wrestling, differs from other styles of wrestling that are practiced around the world such as those in the Olympic Games: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling.
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The National Collegiate Wrestling Association, a separate governing body that conducts competition for colleges and universities parallel to but outside the scope of the NCAA, uses collegiate rules in its women's division.
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Since 1915, collegiate wrestling officials have recorded the time that each participant had in controlling his opponent on the mat .
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In freestyle and Greco-Roman Collegiate wrestling, points awarded for a wrestler's takedowns increase with the level of explosiveness seen in the throws.
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Since "catch-as-catch-can" Collegiate wrestling was very similar, it gained great popularity in fairs and festivals in the United States during the 19th century.
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The rules of collegiate wrestling marked a sharp contrast to the freestyle wrestling rules of the International Amateur Wrestling Federation and the AAU.
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College and high school wrestling grew especially after the standardization of the NCAA wrestling rules, which applied early on to both collegiate and scholastic wrestling .
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Collegiate wrestling teams compete in the NCAA wrestling championships every year in each of the three divisions.
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The Collegiate wrestling rules developed by the NCAA are followed by each of the NCAA's three divisions.
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The Collegiate wrestling area is surrounded by a mat area or apron that is at least five inches in width that helps prevent serious injury.
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Also known as scholastic wrestling when practiced at the high school and middle school level, collegiate wrestling differs from wrestling at the high school level in multiple aspects.
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Scholastic Collegiate wrestling is regulated by the National Federation of State High School Associations .
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Additionally, college Collegiate wrestling uses the concept of "time advantage" or "riding time" when one wrestler is in control of the other, while high school Collegiate wrestling does not.
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Scholastic Collegiate wrestling is currently practised in 49 of the 50 states; only Mississippi does not officially sanction scholastic Collegiate wrestling for high schools and middle schools.
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