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All you can do is keep blowing your whistle. Some players are smart enough to figure it out, others aren't. Hopefully since it's lower level you have a running clock. A few years ago I worked a JH weekend tournament. We called 28 fouls (including a T on the one coach) in the first half, and were well on our way to that or more in the second. I'm going to L, a pretty strong, fast kid (no coordination) comes flying in and trips himself on the way to the rim and takes a header into the bleachers. I call the coach out right away, but instead of going directly to his player, he comes at me first complaining. I tried to be especially nice and said, "coach, I had a great look at it and the kid just lost his balance." His response can't be written here, but now both head coaches were on the bench for the rest of the game. After the T shots, and a fan ejection (my partner did this) the coach wants to talk to us and the other coach. We decided to meet quickly and he wants us to do something before someone else gets hurt. What were we supposed to do, call more fouls? My partner explained that all we can do is call the fouls, the players need to get their hands off each other. Coach didn't like that answer so my partner tells him his other option is to take his team off the court. We made it through the rest of the game without any big incidents if I remember correctly. My point (not that I really have one, I was just sharing) is that you have to call the game as it is played. If they learn, great, if not, they get their 5 fouls and they can go to the bench.
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