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Old Wed Apr 14, 2004, 11:43am
Mark Padgett Mark Padgett is offline
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This has nothing to do with advantage/disadvantage. This has to do with whether or not the kid learns that he shouldn't be on the line. If he doesn't learn it's wrong, he will continue to do it.

As someone who trained officials for 13 years in a rec league that begins in 3rd grade, let me tell you that our philosophy was to make the call then tell the kid (nicely) why you made the call. We have found that is the best way for kids to learn the rules.

Kids need to learn from their mistakes. If it's not pointed out to them that they made a mistake (and that mistake has to be put in its proper context of importance), they will never learn.
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