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Originally posted by Nu1
If, however, you (again general) are someone who says, "I'd warn them for that." I'm asking what you call if the action continues. They have to be doing something illegal if you're warning them. You can't (justifiably) warn them just because you don't like it. In my opinion, I'd warn them because I think it's unsporting.
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You're missing the point entirely. This is not a legal issue. This is a game management issue.
You can clean up an awful lot of undesirable behavior just by stepping up and addressing it. Like Chuck says, a gruff "knock that off" is almost certainly going to put an immediate end to it.
Why?
Because you are the authority figure, you wear the stripes, your spurs jingle as you strut down main street with pearl handled six-shooters strapped to your hips. It's called presence. Learn to use that power to your advantage.
The majority of the time a kid is going to obey your directive for no other reason than because you're in charge and you told him to. He may wonder "what if?" But he's not likely going to ask. And you're not going to volunteer that information.
And what if he ignores you? Do you have to rush right into issuing a penalty? Heck no. You've got a long road between telling the kid to knock it off and being forced to administer final justice. You can:
- Use your captain.
- Get the coach involved.
- Get in the kid's grill.
- Up the ante by loudly informing your partner that you're watching #32 closely.
- Let him know he has your undivided attention with a couple of quick violation or foul calls.
There are myriad ways of dealing with a kid who won't take a hint that keep the T or WMD or whatever else safely in your pocket.
[Edited by Back In The Saddle on Jan 4th, 2006 at 09:40 PM]