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Neutral Position
Some of the most common neutral position moves include but are not limited to:


 * Single leg takedown: A move where the attacking wrestler uses an explosive step or sweeping motion to grab their opponent's leg. The attacker's head can be inside the body (head on stomach/chest) or outside the body (head not touching opponent or is on the back/shoulders of opponent) to execute the move.
 * Double leg takedown: A move where the attacking wrestler uses an explosive step to grab both their opponent's legs. Like the single leg takedown, this can be done with the head on the inside or outside of the body.
 * Front headlock: This move can be done when the offensive wrestler achieves dominance initial fight for a set-up (also known as fighting for hand/head position). If the wrestler chooses to use a front headlock from a set-up, they use both arms to form a lock around their opponent's head and one arm, with the hands being locked below their opponent's chin or one hand holds the elbow while the other controls the chin. (The front headlock can be used while wrestler's are standing or have their knees on the mat).
 * Under-hook: When the attacking wrestler drives one or both arms under their opponent's armpit(s) with their hands driving upwards to force their opponent off balance. From this position, the wrestler can engage in body-throws or leg trips to bring their opponent to the mat.
 * Over-hook: Usually the over-hook is the move done to counter the under-hook. The wrestler defending the under-hook clamps their arm (or both arms) down and into their sides to stop the opposing wrestler from gaining position that may be unfavorable for the defender. From the over-hook, advanced techniques such as the fireman's carry or variations of takedowns can be executed. If the over/under-hook positions fail to reward either wrestler advancement in position, a stalemate will be called by the referee and wrestlers will resume from the neutral position again.
 * Snap-down: A move done when the offensive wrestler uses their hands to explosively snap their opponent's head and arms to the ground. The wrestler will then spin around to gain top-position control and be awarded points for the takedown.
 * Duck-under: When the offensive wrestler quickly ducks their opponent's head and hands defense (often done when an opponent is bringing their body up after countering a snap-down). From their, the wrestler can perform variations of takedowns or a simple mat-return to be awarded points.
 * Leg trip: The use of the offensive wrestler's leg to trip their opponent to the mat. This is often done in combination with front headlock from the feet, or another set-up variation to achieve maximum imbalance in their opponent.
 * Spin-around: Also known as the sprawl, this move is done to counter an attacking opponents takedown by simultaneously thrusting their hips into the opponent and pushing the head of their opponent away to finally (and quickly) drop their legs to the mat, away from the opponent, and spin-around behind to win the takedown points.

See Takedown (grappling) for more in-depth analysis of neutral takedown techniques.

The variety of attacking offensive freestyle wrestling allows for is due to the wrestler's freedom of being allowed the use both their upper-body and lower-body to score points. While this may cause overlap in other styles of wrestling with similar techniques being used, in freestyle wrestling, when attacking an opponent from the feet, it is desirable to do so in such a combination that would expose their opponent to the danger position (see match scoring). This will help the offensive wrestler achieve the most points in a short amount of time.