Influence of Competition Rule Change on Technique and Tactic of Wrestling After London Olympic Games

International Amateur Wrestling Federation made a big change and adjustment in competition rule for the purpose of improving spectacle of match and audience ratings in 2013. Based on statistics of 2011,2012,2013 World Wrestling Youth Championships,2012 London Olympic wrestling tournament,2013 World Wrestling Championships,this paper analyzed competition rule change and its influence on technique and tactic by the methods of literature review,practice observation,mathematical statistics,comparative analysis and expert interview.Conclusions: The main changes happened in win way,time and round,negative and warning penalty,technical score,etc. The proportion of technical superiority as win way is significantly increased,so as to high score technical movement and technical points per minute. At the same time,time of each round becomes longer and punishment for athlete passive play behavior becomes harsher,which changes forced athletes to have high physical fitness reserve for persistent and high strength confrontation. Meanwhile,rule change has a clear technique orientation. The contest of men's Greco-Roman wrestling decided by ground struggling has changed,and the intensity and score proportion of standing wrestle has increased. Countering passive play behavior in free style wrestling,the new rule designed a forced offense time that forced athletes to have standing storm score technique,tactic and capability.