Mon Oct 06, 2003, 10:50am
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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by oc
Just another ref refers to a situation where a principle got upset about T'ing kids for illegal substitutions. The Principle was out of line the way he dealt with the situation- but it got me wondering:
how do you deal with illegal substitutions? i.e. kids coming on to the court without being beckoned. In my association the other refs just send the kid back and teach them what they did wrong. I do the same-I don't want to be the only one handing out T's for this. What do you guys do? Does it depend on the level?
(our problem is compounded by inexperienced scorers who don't always sound the horn for subs.- I TRY to take care of that before the game.)
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The kind of "illegal substitutions" that involve deception, or a live ball, or too many players on the court, need a T every time. The kind that are only inexperience and ignorance of the accepted protocol never get a T from me, even at the varsity level. But they never happen at the varsity level. Even when the kid runs onto the floor without checking in, you just get real firm and explain in no uncertain terms that they can't do that, and make them walk through the whole thing again correctly. Don't just tell them, make them actually physically do it. (Notice that in this activity, you're also instructing the 6th grade scorekeeper) Even if they forget next time, you don't T them. Even the last game of the season, you don't T them. Be sure the coach understands the whole thing, so he/she can stop them next time. But don't T her. she's got enough problems already, and doesn't need another reason to have a conference with the AD.
If it happens two or three times in a game, and you feel the coach is being negligent, you say, "Coach you know, this actually should get a T, but I'm letting you off light because I don't want to punish the girls' inexperience, but get them under control, eh?" or south of NorthDakota nad Minnesota, "... get them under control, okay?" That will get her attention without you being overly obnoxious.
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Of course this is the answer. Even in summer tourneys & camps when the players are a little more lax do not let them come on before you're ready for them, but in any event you should be able to control this without slinging T's, regardless of the level or the season.
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