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Originally posted by Luv4Asian8
Was doing my junior league games yesterday (i.e. 3-4 graders)....
I stuck around after my games to see a friend of mine work. A parent (i guess), very tactfully (which I am very responsive to answer to), asked what I saw or didn't see. He was wondering what considerations my partner & I took in [not] calling these type of violations. I told him about their skill levels, advantage/disadvantage, etc. Otherwise, we'd be there all day with violation calls. He wondered if the kids were learning anything from our no-calls, which got me thinking also that he has a very good point. Since we ARE there to teach these kids, what should I do for these violations?
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I thought it was the coach's job to teach the kids. Your job is to call the game fairly. It's the kid's job to have fun. It doesn't seem like much fun if the adults (you) are stopping the game every few seconds to call every....single....travel....
Does it? Let 'em play.