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Originally posted by Dan_ref
[*]I have been doing a lot of girls' games in grades 5-8 and they feature a lot (a LOT) of jump ball situations, where two players get a hold of the ball and tie it up. How long do you wait on that, is it different for different levels, is this something that happens more at lower levels or are my partners and I just too quick to whistle or too slow to let it play out?
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Wait until you're positive no one will take it away, or they start to walk all over the floor, or it looks like the situation is getting out of hand with respect to emotion and/or contact. In your girl's game it's probably safe to count to 3 or 4 after you first get the urge to blow the whistle. [/B][/QUOTE]
Dan -- you must count a lot faster than I do, or work a lot fewer of this type of games. I generally am much quicker on the whistle at this level, and I think it's justified. If two opponents each have any kind of control of the ball at all, I whistle right away, and whistle loudly, prepare to repeat quickly. They can get so intent on their own stuff, that they don't hear the whistle. Otherwise, there's just too much potential for injury and the emotions do get out of control.