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It appears from several threads posted in the last few days, that we have reached that time in the season when tempers are getting a little steamy. A few too many losses, a little bit of rough play, and the coach has had enough. Or a player who thinks she's a star isn't getting the write-ups in the newspaper she expected. Whatever.
The question is what preventive officiating can we do early in our games to delay or even avoid the blow-ups? Is there an extra sentence we can put into our pre-game conference that might help release some of the pressure in a benign manner? What words do we say in the first quarter to keep the basketball at its best in the fourth quarter? Speed things up? Slow things down?
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