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I guess that my point is that you can come up with a bunch of different tricks (the barking dog, the "I need to tie my shoe", the "I am supposed to take this throw in", etc) that have no relation to basketball skill or teamwork but that will fool kids a bunch of times. I fool my own kids (who know me well) with the diversion to turn their head so I can steal their desert. Probably got each of them 10 times before they caught on, and I can still come close.
Its hard enough to teach how to defend real basketball without having to teach them to defend silly tricks that have nothing to do with basketball. I don't know what of value we have taught either team when we resort to this type of trickery. Maybe I am just bullheaded (no way!), but this just doesn't seem to be sporting and does not contribute in any positive way to youth sports.
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