This type of scrimmage takes a lot of time and should be done when you want your team to have a "light" practice. There are many benefits to this activity including that your wrestlers will be better able to identify poor technique, they will greatly increase their knowledge of the rules and they will get in better shape! Down the road you may develop a few referees and coaches as a result of this type of scrimmage.

Have your wrestlers line-up by weight from the lightest to the heaviest. Have one coach separate them into groups of four. Another coach assigns them letters A, B, C or D within the group. The least experienced wrestler gets assigned A and the best wrestler gets C. After that it doesn't matter who gets B and D. In Round 1 A and B wrestle each other, C is the referee and D is the scorekeeper. In addition to keeping score, the scorekeeper takes notes on the mistakes made by the referee and technique errors made by the wrestlers. Matches are usually 1 min - 1 min - 1 min, but can be adjusted to meet your needs. After the match the four wrestlers get together and critique the referee identifying the mistakes he made. A rule book should be available to settle disputes. MAKE THEM USE THE RULE BOOK and not ask one of the coaches. They then critique wrestler A for errors in technique and finally wrestler B. Round 2 has B verses C with D refereeing and A the scorekeeper. After the match the wrestlers and referee get critiqued again. This continues for fours rounds as shown below. Note that Wrestler C (best) will wrestle consecutive matches against #2 and #3 while A (least experienced) gets a rest between matches and doesn't wrestle C at all.