That's good info, thank you. I'm totally good and understanding of what you've explained. The issue as a parent/fan/coach is if the ref is doing the best job they can, especially at a higher level tournament, or between higher level kids, the ref needs to be in position. This might mean changing angles as the wrestlers change.

It might mean getting low or the right side to properly assess. In some cases there are two regs, e.g. in the finals, and neither are moving and wrong calls are still being made.


Refs shouldn't be guessing at what they're seeing when they are not in an ideal position to evaluate the match. I'm noticing this with the older more experienced refs, so I'm not blaming them exactly...I don't move like I used to.

Maybe video review can be a thing at most tournaments, but it would likely cause them to be twice as long.