There's an additional way to address this. If the coach insists on intructing the batter, hit the coach with ther charged time. Then let the coach know that there will be no more time requests granted for the inning. Joel is right, preventing that stuff is the reason the rule was put into place. If there is no time limit to your game, make sure you enforce this. But, I have to admit, I seldom see this rule enforced. I also do not see the game delayed by a batter this way. A 12&U tournament with no time limit?!? That sounds like even less fun than a regular 12&U game.
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