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Originally posted by BktBallRef
#1 - Those kids are not going to tell the teammates what you've said.
#2 - They're going to forget what you said 30 seconds after they go back to warm up.
The meeting just doesn't mean anything to those kids.
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I agree with you for the most part Tony.
Here is the exception:
I've reffed at a gym where some markings on the floor are quite confusing. Maybe because there are too many lines, maybe because of something else.
If I've had a problem at a gym in the past, I make it a special point to tell the captains that, "I'd really like it if you tell your coach what I'm about to tell you. (blah blah blah.) Please tell your coach to tell the rest of the team becuase I don't want to see a basket that you scored to be taken away."
I then stand at centre and watch the captains go right to their coach and see him/her nod. Almost without fail when I talk to the coaches after the captains, they tell me that their player told them. I know it's rare, but my point is that the one time per season, when I ask them to please tell their coach, they do. It's a rather nice feeling.