is ready a question?

[Gary Roberts]

Is ready a legitimate question to the pullers?

is it ready? go!

do you have the option to say your not ready if you are a puller?

or is it a statement that comes with no option like..."ready go"

once the ref says "rrrrea..."

there is no going back...you better be ready or else sort of thing

which is it?

gary

[Steve Merritt]

I think they both are good Gary, I think just go is better as long as both competitors are know your fixing to start. Ready...Go does cause to many false starts in my opinion. Also sometimes on when the ready is said a competitor will start to move his direction and go immedieatly back to neutral and the ref will say go. That generally isn't fair to the other competitor, because his wrist or arm that is locked is no longer locked and on the go will get beat because of that. I just think "go" is the best way. JMO

[enginterzi]

i think that "ready" is a sign of coming "go".

[Florian Kellersmann]

I think the reason for the "ready" is the following: the referee are setting everything right, the elbows, the wrists, the knuckles, etc. If everything is fine he calls "ready". That means, everything is in fair position and the opponents are not allowed to move now until the "go". A longer break between the "ready" and the go would be good to see clearly who starts to early.

[Gary Roberts]

the reason I am asking is if a competitor says he wasn't ready immediately after the go should he get a restart? if the ref is speaking really fast and there isn't much pause in between words...such as..."straighten yer wrist...straighten yer wrist...stra...readygo" and the puller wasn't ready because they were not thinking it would happen that fast. Is it the puller who should always be ready no matter what or can they protest...if they legitimately were not ready because it was a question "ready?" as in "are you ready?"

[TK]

I never hear ready....when the hands come off of my hands i "GO"...........most good refs will talk you to a straight wrist and guide to a go.....i wait for refs movement of release.

TK

[Bob Brown]

"Ready" started off as a question. Back in the day at many AAA events, they used to explain if you not ready when they say "Ready" you should say "No".

Now is seems to of drifted towards a statement of no return.


IMO Prior to a refs grip it should be a verbal "Are you Ready?" Then "Go". Here you should be able to use your skills to better you grip if possible.

Once in the Refs grip then it should be just a statement "Ready Go". Here you have lost to option for a better grip. You should only be allowed and given a legal grip.

[Todd Coe]

I agree there are many great refs that pause between the ready and go, but far to many now say it as one word. Several pullers and some team mates have stated to me and trained on leaving on the "y" in ready. I would prefer to just make sure all is ready then say GO!. Just my opinion, I'm not attacking any ref's or federations, just stating my preference.

[Denise Wattles]

Hi Gary,
I asked Leonard and this is how he trains our referees:
"Ready...go" is a legitimate question in USAA and WAF. The referee is asking a question and the wrestler can say he is not ready and back out of the grip. It is not a question in a referee's grip.
Because it is a question, it is crucial that the referee does not pronounce the "ready....go" as one word, readygo. Cadence is everything.
Denise

[Gary Roberts]

Sitting here in the airport!!

Thanks for the feedback!!

[Coley Jones]

I am a fan of the ready.....go. Like Denise said...cadence is everything. If a competitor isn't ready, he/she should be given the opportunity to reset position. Less fouls = better armwrestling.