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Originally posted by Robmoz
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Originally posted by SamIAm
I had two situations that could have been "6 player technical". Two different games. The first one I whistled-up a T for, the second I did not. Both games are 10 and under leagues and both games are the first game of the season.
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God bless you for working with the little ones!
Usually at this level I try to focus on "teaching" as much as officiating during the game. Typically, any T's are reserved for jackass behavior by a coach or player and not so much for technical rules violations.
At this level, the penalty of a T for this violation has little impact to prevent further occurences. The kids simply do not know what they did to be wrong or they forget 5 minutes later. Keep trying to teach them and as they get older it will sink in, save your T.
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I had to warn a girl last night for face guarding in a YMCA game. I stopped the game and gave a real brief rules clinic. Real brief. I've never actually seen it before, and girl was following her opponents face around with her hand. In a high school game, I'd have T'd it immediately.
I also issued a warning for crossing the OOB plane on a throw-in; even though the girl slapped the ball. I ruled that it was a warning. Team A's coach wasn't too happy, but I wasn't about to sit this girl down on this play when I could easily deal with it in an official manner (even though the poor mom at the score book had no idea what I was doing) without the T. I'd T'd this girl earlier in the game for arguing with me when I tried to get her to stop complaining about some contact I hadn't seen; and didn't have the heart to eject her on anything other than an unsportsmanlike T.
My decision, and she learned from it.