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Originally posted by ref18
I was doing a middle school game today. The Visiting team had an 80 point lead, no jokes, it was literally 80 points. Now the league has a fall back rule after 20 points, but no real penalty. Now for some reason they didn't understand that they had to fall back. So after telling them to get back a few times I decided that if they made any contact in the backcourt I'd call an intentional foul. Because under the rules they can't legally make a move for the ball, so any contact must be intentional. Now after I made this decision in my head and informed my parter how we'd be handling it. They got the point of the fall back rule. Now my question is, how do you guys handle it in your area?? What penalties do you assess if any??

I haven't done MS games in a while, but what is wrong with stopping the game, getting both coaches and having a little review of the "fall back" rule. If they don't understand, help them understand.