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Originally posted by BayStateRef
I had this -- in reverse -- yesterday. Girl goes down chasing a loose ball around free throw line at her bench's end of the court. She gets up, doesn't look great, but shakes it off and gets ready for inbounds play. Just after ball is back in play, I hear coach behind me ask to get a sub in for her injured player. I stop play, go up to the girl and ask if she is OK. She is not. She's crying and she's hurt. (And she never came back into the game.)
So, here I am, giving the player a chance to stay in the game by not beckoning the coach -- and it bites me on the butt.
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You can hardly blame yourself if the kid wants to stay in the game, and the coach doesn't make an issue of it. You are certainly not responsible to make a medical assessment everytime a player hits the deck. If the kid gets up and wants to keep playing, and the coach hasn't come out onto the court, what's the problem?