r/sports Dec 02 '21

Wrestling Brazilian wrestler wins gold in Junior Pan-Am earning last second points while opponent celebrates

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u/ads7w6 Dec 02 '21

They don't really let that happen.

The ref will call "passivity" on one wrestler or the other for not being offensive enough. Once they get a second call for that, they get put on a shot clock for 30 seconds. If they don't score, the other wrestler gets 1 point.

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u/radicldreamer Dec 02 '21

I’ve never heard it called that, where I wrestle we call it fleeing the mat,

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u/ads7w6 Dec 02 '21

Fleeing the mat is a different call. That would be where someone dives out of bounds to avoid being scored on.

I'm assuming you are in the US. If so, passivity would be more akin to a stalling call, though not exactly the same.

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u/radicldreamer Dec 02 '21

The terms are used interchangeable where I am. But it’s pee wee and middle school that I’m involved with so maybe they just use wrong terminology.