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Originally posted by Ricster126
i thank you all for your replies. In response to the request for specifics, both of these situations occurred when other teams ran them against us. I'm well aware of the dangers of blocking below the waist and would never teach one of my kids to do that. It happened to us in a conference game and when I complained to the refs, they told me that it was okay. He was clearly blocking below the waist, diving at kids' legs, and no, he wasn't starting high and then going down, nor were our kids fending him off with their hands and touching him and making it a legal block. I was just wondering why two refs wouldn't call a clearly illegal block that everyone seems to know about.

Regarding the deception play, I agree with whoever said that all these youth coaches seem to want to run trick plays. We've had that deception play run against us 3 times this year, and I don't believe that it was done correctly any time, although I can't be sure because I don't know whether the kid near the sidelines was within 15 yards of the ball, as the rule requires.

I tend to try to run straight at the other team I believe that with a little effort and technique, running between teh tackles can be very successful at this level (12-14 yr olds). The trickiest we usually get is running counters.

BTW, I didn't post this question in any other forum. Perhaps someone had a similar questions.

Again, thanks for the guidance. I think you guys by and large do a great job. I umpired Little League baseball for awhile, and I know what a tough job officiating even at that level can be.

I apologize. I thought this was posted on another forum. It was actually posted on THIS forum earlier. Here is the thread.

http://www.officialforum.com/thread/10690