Resilite customizes each mat per specifications of the customer. Your mat can be configured to any size you specify. Your wrestling mat may also be cut to any configuration you specify or kept as a one-piece mat. See the Sections for more information pertaining to having the mat cut into pieces.

All vinyl coated wrestling mats will experience shrinkage (5 - 7%). Resilite does oversize for this shrinkage. Resilite guarantees its mats to be within a +_4% tolerance.

Rule 2-1-1: Mat Thickness
The wrestling mat shall be of uniform thickness not more than 4 inches thick nor less than the thickness of a mat which has the shock absorbing qualities of at least one inch PVC vinyl-covered foam.

To order catalogs of the NFSHS rules, go to http://www.nfhs.org/rules.htm for more details.

Rule 2-1-2: Wrestling Area/Protection Area/Mat Size
The wrestling area of the mat shall be a minimum of a circular area of 28' in diameter. Surrounding and secured to the wrestling area of the mat shall be a safety mat area approximately 5 feet wide.

(For a High School Regulation Size is minimum of 38' x 38' mat with a minimum of a 28' wrestling circle. Most high schools order a 40' x 40' mat in order to have a larger 30' wrestling circle area.

SECTION 6.
Mats should have a wrestling area between 32 and 42 feet in diameter. There shall be a mat area (or apron) with a minimum width of 5 feet that extends entirely around the wrestling area. The apron area shall be designated by use of either contrasting colors or a 2-inch wide line.

The entire wrestling area and apron shall be the same thickness, which
shall not be more than 4 inches nor less than the thickness of a mat that has the shock-absorbing qualities of a 2-inch-thick hair-felt mat. All mats that are in sections shall be secured together.

For a complete listing of the rules and regulations of the NCAA, go to http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2002/2002_wrestling_rules.pdf

10' Circle is optional.

SECTION 7.
Starting Lines: Click Here for more information.

Rule 2-1-4: Starting Lines
Starting Lines, 1-inch wide, shall be placed at the center of the mat and the front line should lie on the diameter of the 10 foot circle. These 1-inch starting lines shall be parallel, 3 feet long, and 12 inches from outside to outside. The two 3-foot lines shall be connected on one end by a 1-inch red line and on the other end by a one-inch green line.

Note: Resilite puts Red on the Right (visiting team) & Green on the Left (Home Team) as a standard as if the Scoring table is at the bottom of the mat as the example to the right shows. The Red & Green can be switched. When ordering specify the locations of the Home Team, Visitor Team & the Scoring Table.

Section 7: Starting Lines
There shall be placed at the center of the mat two 1-inch starting lines, one of which shall be in the center of the mat. The lines shall be 3 feet long and 10 inches apart. Two 1-inch lines shall close the ends of the starting lines. One of the two lines shall be green and located closest to the home team, and the other shall be red and located closest to the visiting team. When in the down starting position, the defensive
wrestler shall assume a position facing away from the scorer’s table. The
arrow in the diagram on the preceding page should point away from the
scorer’s table.

Note: Resilite puts Red on the Right (visiting team) & Green on the Left (Home Team) as a standard as if the Scoring table is at the bottom of the mat as the example to the right shows. The Red & Green can be switched. When ordering specify the locations of the Home Team, Visitor Team & the Scoring Table.

Article 9: The Mat
A FILA approved mat, with a nine meter (29' 6") diameter and surrounded by a 1.50 m border of the same thickness, is obligatory in the following contests: Olympic Games, Championships, Cups and all international competitions.

For the Olympic Games and World Championships, warm up and training mats must also be approved by FILA and be of the same quality as the competition mats.

A red band of one meter wide and forming an integral part of the wrestling area is drawn along the circumference on the inside of the circle of nine metres in diameter. The following terms will be used to designated the various parts of the mat:

A circle must be traced in the middle of the mat with an inside diameter of one meter and a surrounding band 10 cm wide. The color of the line just described and that of the line marking off the wrestling area must be red.

The diagonally opposite corners of the mat are marked out in the wrestlers’ colors ie: red and blue.

The mat should be installed so that it is surrounded by a wide, open space, in order to ensure that the competition proceeds normally.

For a complete listing of the International wrestling rules of FILA, go to http://www.fila-wrestling.com/lutte/regles.php3

-- Rules for NON-FILA Events
-- USA Modifications

USAW Modification in the USA, where mats are manufactured for wrestling competition, the passivity zone may be marked by taping a line of dashes inside the out-of-bounds line. The inner 10-foot folkstyle circle has no meaning internationally, and when standing, the contestants start in the middle, facing each other about a yard apart.

One corner of the mat should be marked in red and another in blue, so the
wrestlers and the coaches know where to report. This can be done with
colored chairs, with colored plywood under the chairs, or simply with red and blue signs. The red corner should be on the referee's left as he faces the mat chairman’s table. FILA approved mats are not required for domestic competition.

A FILA approved mat, with a nine meter diameter and surrounded by a 1.50m border of the same thickness, is obligatory in the following contests: Olympic Games, Championships, Cups and all international competitions.

For the Olympic Games and World Championships, see FILA rulings above.

For a complete listing of the International wrestling rules (Non-FILA, USA Modified), go to http://uswoawrestlingofficials.com/