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Coach Kelly was my high school coach...he is AWESOME! Taught me about wrestling and how to be a man....btw...he would kick my a** all the time in practice

prodigygeneral5 1 year ago

part of being the better wrestler is learning from mistakes and outsmarting your opponent, and bill kelly did just that in this match proving that we was the better wrestler of the two. its winning when it matters most that proves who the real champion is.

ACN9nty 1 year ago

@ACN9nty While Kelly used spladles often, he's good with other moves; INCREASE the situation; many wrestlers with a couple big moves are NOT better; losing big, looking for the rare position to "pull it off". That means they are just better in that situation; their shortcut ends the match. So your hand was raised, that means you were always better? Forever? One move-- actually FEEL like a champ? It's cheap. If they know your slick move, can beat you at the other techniques. NOW what? Good luck.

abbeykroeter 3 months ago

I showed this move to my brother when he had to wrestle a takedown machine first round of Districts, and he was losing 9-1 in the second period, and he hit it and got the pin! Too bad he lost second round.

hotzpizza10 2 years ago

I think I wanna cry. THat was te sexiest thing ever. I'm an Iowa fan but if your dumb enough to get put in that than your an idiot. Alothough it is a very sneaky move. But still that was raw as heck. And I think pins should just give you points instead of stopping the match.

Redeemed437 2 years ago

It's matches like this that sometimes make me wonder if they should remove the pin from wrestling rules. Win by points only. Then you will see who the better wrestler is for REAL.

TruthandJustice101 2 years ago

So overpowering somebody with pure strength, enough to hold them on their backs with both shoulder blades touching doesn't show who is better? Huh.

Crpsheep 2 years ago

@Crpsheep Believe me, you couldn't hold Penrith's shoulder blades down with pure strength for the pin if you were his size, that year. That spladle doesn't require much strength; it's timing, leverage, strength and muscle endurance. Headlocks, etc. require more, but with technique. AND no, the pin doesn't show who's always better. THAT move, THAT moment, would be an opportunity, not a guarantee. We see it with other matches all the time. Sometimes they trick someone, other times they don't.

abbeykroeter 3 months ago

@abbeykroeter

Knowing the exact moment to hit a spladle, how to execute it perfectly, and sticking it till the pin isn't just a fluke accident that anybody could randomly hit their first day wrestling.

Tricking somebody into a spladle is no different than tricking somebody to hit a double when you're ready to sprawl into a front headlock. He won the match by out-smarting and out-wrestling his opponent. Stop trying to make excuses for him.

Crpsheep 3 months ago

Hey dingus, Kelly still wins on points even without the pin..

downwithbball 2 years ago

@TruthandJustice101. Yeah, in this match it would have been the guy who won 7-3 after a takedown and three nearfall points from a 3-2 defecit. Who forged your transcript?

rubeclone44 1 year ago

@TruthandJustice101 thats like saying if a boxer is getting his ass kicked and throws a haymaker and knocks the other guy out that he still loses cuz he got his ass kicked the whole bout... the pin has been in wrestling since it was created and taking it out would make absolutely no sense for the sport and for team points

tsirtsis2534 1 year ago

@tsirtsis2534 It's a controversial thing though, I wouldn't take the pin out of it, because that's part of the game we've known for so long, but we shouldn't ignore those questions so quickly. Pinning holds like the spladle are done after looking for the opportunity; can't be forced or worked into it. So if your opponent doesn't offer the position, you're out of luck unless you are better in other ways too. With a K.O. the person can't continue; the pin... their fine, but the match ends.

abbeykroeter 3 months ago

@abbeykroeter You can put yourself in positions to hit a spladle. stand with your leg open and let the person hit a single leg. and try to hit it. . Wrestling is all about realizing openings as they present themselves for the most part, but Kelly is from where I live and he teaches many positions to end up in a spladle position (disproving what you say about that it cannot be forced or worked into). he took advantage of a position he knew and won because of it, there was no luck involved w/ this

tsirtsis2534 1 week ago

Best match i've ever seen. And TMullins123, the move is called a Spladle. Bill Kelly is one of my coachs right now actually, he helps out our High School team and club. His son is on my team to, hes a beast

Crpsheep 2 years ago

Wow, that was amazing, I've watched this 6 times, and still having trouble visualizing it. Someone please help me out here, was that finishing move a guillotine? I wrestled in high school and college but of course not up to this caliber. Never seen nor concepted of a guillontine, if it was one, applied like that. I'm confused, please let me know.

TMullins123 3 years ago

Mullins, spladle. Sometimes goes by different names, like spread eagle.

Basically, you leg hook him w/ your near-side leg. Put your body over his back and wrap your arms around his other leg. Roll toward your back, and if the weight is right, your opponent is screwed.

Metcalf's only Iowa loss was on a spladle pin. Sort of like the banana split, except w/ your near-leg instead of your far-leg (in normal leg ride position).

ChuckyTheGoat 3 years ago