Ref Tips- Sergio Cotrez

🎙️ **REF TIPS: 45+ YEARS OF WRESTLING OFFICIATING | SERGIO CORTEZ** What can **45+ years on the mat** teach you about becoming a better wrestling official? In this episode of the **Full Circle Wrestling Ref Tips Series**, I sit down with **Sergio Cortez**, a veteran **high school, college, and USA Wrestling official** whose officiating career has taken him across the United States and around the world. Sergio brings a perspective few officials can match. He currently serves as **Vice President of the San Diego County Wrestling Officials Association (SDCWOA)** and is a **California State Wrestling Evaluator**, helping evaluate and develop officials working toward the highest levels of high school wrestling in California. We discuss: 🤼 **Officiating Mechanics** — Building strong positioning, movement, presentation, and presence on the mat 👀 **What Evaluators Look For** — The details that separate average officials from those ready for higher-level assignments 📈 **Improving as an Official** — How to identify weaknesses, accept feedback, and deliberately develop your craft 🚀 **Moving Up** — What officials can do to prepare themselves for postseason, state, college, and national opportunities 🏆 **State-Level Officiating** — Sergio's perspective as a California State Evaluator 🇺🇸 **USA Wrestling** — Lessons learned officiating freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling across the country and internationally 🧠 **45+ Years of Experience** — How wrestling officiating has evolved and what fundamentals remain timeless 🤝 **Mentoring the Next Generation** — Why experienced officials have a responsibility to help develop those coming behind them Whether you're a **first-year wrestling referee, experienced high school official, college official, or someone looking to advance to state and national-level assignments**, Sergio's experience provides valuable lessons for every stage of an officiating career. The goal isn't simply to **work more matches**. It's to become more deliberate about how you learn, evaluate your performance, and improve every time you step onto the mat. 🔵 **FULL CIRCLE WRESTLING — REF TIPS** **All Angles. All Levels. All In.** 📲 **FOLLOW FULL CIRCLE WRESTLING** Instagram: **@FullCircle\_Wrestling** YouTube: **@FullCircleWrestling** TikTok: **@FullCircleWrestling** Facebook: **Full Circle Wrestling** Subscribe for more **wrestling officiating tips, referee mechanics, wrestling rules, positioning, stalling, control, evaluations, mentorship, and strategies for improving and moving up as an official.** #WrestlingOfficials #WrestlingReferee #WrestlingOfficiating #RefTips #SergioCortez #CaliforniaWrestling #CAWrestling #SanDiegoWrestling #SDCWOA #USAWrestling #CollegeWrestling #HighSchoolWrestling #WrestlingRefs #RefereeDevelopment #RefereeMechanics #WrestlingRules #WrestlingPodcast #FullCircleWrestling #SportsOfficials #RefereeLife