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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
... then press the ball into the players midsection until he takes it.
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Dan -- key word here is "he". I quit doing this about a year ago. Girls' midsections are somewhat less "available", especially since I am often taller than the thrower and thus reaching way down to hit "mid"section. And I feel uneasy "touching" a boy player, even as innocuous as this action may seem. We are often told, don't touch the players, and I don't.
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I don't do nearly as many girls games as you do but I have no problem placing the ball directly into "her" midsection as well. The uhhmmmm....places that need to be avoided can be avoided easily enough, IMO, and there's little chance of even accidental touching since your hand is a good 8 or 9 inches away from flesh. And I find when jamming the ball into the kid's belly there's virtually zero chance of him/her/it fumbling it. (Although if we're talking about middle school & below I guess we might want to be a little more delicate than what I'm suggesting, but you get the idea.)