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Originally Posted by rainmaker
Not a habit, as Brad says, but 2 or 3 times in 5 years of middle school ball might be okay. You might also try, as play goes on "Coach, I"ll explain later" and then go back to focusing on the game. He may very well forget all about it, but if he doesn't, he'll probably learn something useful. It's a chance to sort of screen out the yell'er from the serious learn'er.
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I have to disagree about your first statement. You should not stop play just to explain something to a coach. If you do it one time, it is going to be expected every single time there is confusion or when they do not understand what was called. Even at the middle school level this is unacceptable. If the clock is stopped, that is completely different and sometimes you can explain if you have the time. I would not explain a basic foul or a basic violation.
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