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Originally posted by caref
In California we use the 6 foot coaching box. I am just curious as to how other areas who use this enforce it. My association seems tp go with the attitude, "if the coaches are not bothering me I don't care." I don't feel confortable with that since some coaches can get away with wandering all over the place while the majority honor the requirments. Seems to make for a double standard.
How do do other areas of the country and other parts of California handle this?
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My first year as a basketball official was the 1971-72 season, but the first year of the coaching box rule was the 1970-71 season and it was in effect at both the boys'/girls' H.S. and men's college level. Without going into detail, the rule was very simple, except under very few situations, the head coach kept his tuckus glued to the bench. I lived in Glendale, CA, from 1982 to 1984, and the rule as it was written in 1970 was still in effect. My very first game in Los Angeles was a girls' H.S. varsity. About half way through the first quarter I was lead when Team B scored and Team A was trying to inbound the ball against Team B's press. The next thing I know, Team A's coach was standing beside me on the endline coaching his team. Of course I whacked him, but he could not understand why he could not be where he was. He was not too happy but he stayed on the bench after that.