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3rd and 4th grade:
Boys or girls it doesn't really matter. It's the first level where they keep score in our league. Below that at the Pee-Wee level or 1st/2nd graders, it's just a game and the kids are having fun and all the parents are laughing and having a good time. It's the kind of stuff you see on the TV bloopers. There are no real calls to make. You never call traveling unless the kid picks up the ball and runs with it halfway down the court. You only call OOB and even then, only if the ball hits the wall or something like that.
But once they start keeping score, alot of the fun goes out of the game. Then, the parents get serious. The kids are still out to have fun for the most part but the parents want to WIN! Most of the coaches have no real knowledge of the game. Some are still out to have fun but others are thinking its the NBA and want calls on everything. Parents start pushing their kids and screaming at the officials. It gets really crazy sometimes and we're talking 8-10 yr olds. I really wish they would take the scoring out of the
game until the kids get a bit older so everyone can have fun again.
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