B. Annually the school will send a representative to the Nutrition Education In-Service.

D. The dangers of weight reduction will be explored.

E. Diet maintenance and development will be a required component of the coaches training.

A. Annually, wrestlers will be provided a minimum of one hour of nutrition education based on the program created by the MHSAA Wrestling Minimum Weight Program. Parents are encouraged to participate with their student.

B. The education unit will be presented by the school identified Nutrition Liaison who may be a dietitian, health educator, nutritionist, home economics teacher, physician or nurse using the Basic MHSAA Nutrition Program.

C. Schools are encouraged to have monthly follow up programs throughout the season to assist parents and wrestlers in handling the demands of the season.

D. Resource materials will be identified in the bibliography of the nutrition education program lesson plan to allow schools to provide resources of all types to the students and parents.

A. Nutrition education will emphasize proper growth as well as healthy weight reduction approaches.

B. Students and parents will be encouraged to resist unhealthy weight reduction practices.

C. The impact on growth, development and lifelong health will be primary in the education of the student.

D. Emphasis will be placed on eating reasonable amounts of proper foods to maintain healthy bodies rather than to binge and purge.

E. The dangers of dehydration will be explained and the practice of dehydrating to achieve a weight will be discouraged.

A. Skinfold measurements will be utilized to determine each wrestler's body fat percentage. Only measurements taken by health care professionals (MHSAA registered Skinfold Assessors) who have successfully completed the MHSAA Skinfold Measurement Workshop will be accepted. Schools will receive a list of approved assessors. It is the responsibility of the school to contact a Skinfold Assessor from this list and arrange a time to have the wrestling squad measured. No senior high wrestler may compete until the athlete has had a minimum weight determined which appears on the school's Alpha Master. If a junior high school wishes to participate in the minimum weight program it is permitted.

B. The lowest weight class a wrestler may compete at will be determined as follows:

C. When using Digital scales, round up to the nearest 1/4 pound.

A. No wrestler may compete until he has participated in the Alpha Weigh-in and his name and data are included on the school Alpha Master form.

E. Results of measurements will be mailed to schools within seven (7) days of receipt of weight monitoring data forms in the MHSAA office. DO NOT RELY ON THE MHSAA TO FAX, regular mail will be utilized.

F. Unusual situations must be arranged with the MHSAA in writing before deadline or due dates.

G. Weight Monitoring Data Forms may not be faxed to the MHSAA.

A. It is the school's responsibility to contact and contract with an approved Skinfold Assessor from the list provided by the MHSAA.

B. The school will provide the materials and two health professionals to conduct the urine specific gravity test.

C. The school must have available at the time of the skinfold measuring:

D. It is the assessor's responsibility to send, within one working day, the weight monitoring data forms to the MHSAA. To track the delivery of the Data forms, the assessor may elect to utilize priority mail, UPS, registered mail or Federal Express.

A. Any male wrestler whose body fat percentage at the time of his initial measurement is below 7% must obtain in writing a licensed physician's (M.D. or D.O.) clearance stating that the athlete is naturally at this sub-7% body fat level. In the case of a female wrestler, written physician's clearance must be obtained for athletes who are sub-12% body fat at her first weigh-in. A physician's clearance is for one season duration and expires April 1 of each year. The sub-7% male or sub-12% female, who receives clearance may not wrestle below their alpha weight.

A. A weight loss limit of three percent of the "Alpha" weight per week has been set. The projected earliest date to wrestle at the Predicted Minimum Weight will be broken down into days. This date will be on the printout received from the skinfold assessor.

B. A wrestler will not be allowed to wrestle any time in a weight class that would require him to lose more than three percent of his "Alpha" weight per week from the original date of measurement.

A. Any athlete may appeal his/her skinfold measurements or calculations one time by reassessment (See 2.VI.C). Step 1 must be completed within 14 calendar days of the original (Alpha Date) measurement. Step 1 may be bypassed and only Step 2 performed. The steps of the appeal process are as follows:

Step 1: The athlete shall repeat the "Alpha Weigh-In" as described in the regulation.

A. The same assessor shall conduct the reassessment.

B. On the data form, indicate that it is an "Appeal". (Bubble Box)

C. List wrestler ID No. from Alpha master.

E. Reassessment includes hydration assessment, weight measurement plus three measurements of the skinfold sites.

F. The wrestler shall adhere to Part 2, Section VI of the Michigan Weight Monitoring Program to qualify for appeal.

G. Failure to adhere to these conditions or timelines will be cause for denial.

A. The school shall file a "Hydrostatic Weighing Proposal" before a hydrostatic weighing is approved.

B. Hydrostatic weighing facilities must be approved by the MHSAA, the proper form shall be filed with the MHSAA and the hydrostatic weighing must be conducted before the wrestler participates in his first varsity competition.

C. Hydrostatic weight may be performed at any time prior to the individual athlete's first varsity competition.

D. Step 1 may be passed and only Step 2 performed.

B. The 14-day appeal period shall start on the day following the alpha date. Day one through seven does not permit any loss of weight for an appeal to be valid. During the second week, days 8-14, a wrestler may weight no less than 3% (rounded down) of the alpha weight recorded on the alpha date. 1. A student may not wrestle until approval in writing has been received from the MHSAA. 2. PENALTY--A wrestler who weighs in at a weight before the proper amoung of time has passed to achieve the lowest minimum weight, will be considered an ineligible wrestler and subject to MHSAA Regulation V, Section 4 (B). This penalty applies, as well, to item "2-II.A (1 & 2)" of this document.

A. All costs incurred for the "Alpha" weigh in, (initial) skinfold measurement, appeal process, and nutrition education program are the responsibility of the school.

B. Charges for skinfold measurements may not exceed $5.00 per person.

C. Assessors are permitted to charge mileage at the current IRS rate or a service fee of $30 or less whenever travel is required to a location at which fewer than six subjects are to be assessed on any given date.

B. To be eligible to become an MHSAA approved skinfold assessor an individual must have demonstrated training and experience in skinfold measurement.

C. The assessor will submit to a training session and annual update education. The assessor will provide his/her own measuring device which meets the standard required by the MHSAA wrestling minimum weight program.

D. The assessor will be subject to a random sample test to substantiate the quality of their measurements.

E. The assessor training will consist of two hours of classroom education and up to three hours of practical training.

F. Assessors may charge up to $5 per student for the skinfold procedure. (See VIIIC also)

G. A training fee will be charged to each assessor candidate to attend the training program.

A. Recertification will require a minimum of one hour training.

B. Recertification training will be conducted in several locations throughout the state annually.

C. Trainers and assessor trainers will conduct all recertification training programs.

D. Skinfold assessors who have demonstrated two years of successful experience as MHSAA skinfold assessors may recertify by completing a closed book examination of up to 100 questions, up to 20 days prior to the first date of the MHSAA assessment, with a $15 recertification fee.

E. Assessors are required to repeat the in-service program when a lapse of one year or more occurs or significant performance decline is noted.