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Originally posted by Randal
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By-the-by, one of the best things that you can do to improve the interactions between your team and the refs is to make certain that your players really know the rules of the game -- most do not, and this is the coaches fault. For example, consider giving your players an old NHFS written exam.
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This is excellent advice. I regularly have a little rule knowledge quiz at the end of my practices, usually based on some interesting thread I read here. I will demonstrate a behavior (or a number of them), then ask my players to say whether they were legal or not. I cover both violations and fouls. They enjoy it, and it makes them better players as well.