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Post by Rick Laton on Nov 20, 2007 21:03:53 GMT -5
I think at really big events that the promoter should have one or two things:
Have a regular clock on the wall in the background from which way the camera is filming. This way people that are watching the event can tell that these two guys just had a war and then one had to pull 3 minutes later. Or better yet, they can tell that the WAR that everyone talked about was actually only 45 seconds long and that the winner actually had 9 minutes before he had to pull again.
A "Shot Clock" or "Grip Clock" that tells them how much longer they have to get a grip. This would be a little trouble to run but would make it really easy on the referees.
Just a thought
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Post by Mike West on Nov 20, 2007 22:41:38 GMT -5
You'd have to use a calender for some of my matches ;D
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Post by Corey "FLASH" Miller on Nov 21, 2007 2:44:20 GMT -5
i wonder what match your talking about?  that is a cool idea though |
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Post by Corey "FLASH" Miller on Nov 21, 2007 2:48:36 GMT -5
u know i never relized that there were four matches between when allen pulled matt and when i pulled allen. none the less allen is the strongest 50 year old i know thats all i got to say
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Post by Gary Roberts on Nov 21, 2007 3:46:12 GMT -5
I could actually tell you the exact time for every match as I rolled tape without pausing...I can tell you that it took exactly 60 minutes to run first match to final match for the right hand 160. a bit too long in my opinion. It is because of this that I have a ground breaking plan for ROTNII
hee hee hee
I will hold off on letting that out of the bag just yet but...I know what every one is getting at but the point for ROTN is this...
I would train endurance if you are interested in taking the pole position. If that was todd hutchings in a battle...he would be even stronger the next match. he doesn't even get warmed up until he has a battle like that.
ROTN future events I am sure...with the plans that we have... will exeed 30 to 40 a class in the next few years and it will be vital that you train to last.
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Post by Karen Bean on Nov 21, 2007 8:01:54 GMT -5
Gary, I'd be curious to know how long the 160 Right Hand lasted versus the Left Hand.
Also, compare the 160's to all the other classes time wise. I think you'll find that the smaller guys take a lot longer than the bigger guys.
I also think you'll find Left hand takes longer than Right Hand just in getting set up.
Endurance or maybe I should say holding stamina is definitely the name of the game in the ROTN. With the elbow pads being thicker and wider than normal you can slide your elbow to the far left back (if pulling right hand) and basically brace your arm. Doing this lets you hold for quite a while on the bottom.
Seems to me that most of the matches that were lengthy were where in other events we would have seen the match already called. In the event of short arms, you had to touch the table top which made you go an extra 3 to 4 inches lower than normal.
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Post by Mike Moeller on Nov 21, 2007 10:04:22 GMT -5
two tables??? heck three tables?? then you could have the guys not get any breaks between matches and keep everyone up there and be done in ten minutes. I could catch the early flight home. In my opinion if you turn the ROTN into an indurance race you will have exactly the opposite effect as far as turn out of pullers. Not too many guys can pull hard without any breaks back to back to back and we know who we are!
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Post by Gary Roberts on Nov 21, 2007 15:38:13 GMT -5
karen, I am not sure..I would have to look...so far the right 160 has taken the longest
but the place that I see where time can be shaved is going to refs grip right away for any prelim matches
mike what I am thinking of doing would be to break the tournament into two events on the same day possibly...the early event would be multiple tables..one per class and get the classes down to six for the ROTN main event..something like this
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that is a cool idea though
