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I hate giving T's, it slows the game down, and draws attention to you. Having said that, I do not go and work these games so some knucklehead weekend warrior and berate and belittle me. I do it so the kids will have a place to play and so I can stretch the legs. If I could give a yellow card like voleyball as a warning, to let the inexperienced coaches know where the line of common decency was, then I would, but the T is all I have. It is my little way of saying "settle down" and it usually works.
Now, if know the guy, or have worked his games before I might try a little smack or run a few davisms by him before the T, but I have to really like them first.
Personally, I detest summer ball, I only work very specific venues and leagues. Ones that I know have good kids, coaches, and management. I totally avoid adult leagues, poorly managed ops, and places where the coaches think it is their god given right to act like a jacka err Bobby Knight. If I am not having fun, how could the kids be?
Plus, it makes me want to vomit when I hear people tell rookies to work as much rec ball as possible, what a better place to learn your mechanics...but that is a different soapbox altogether. Summer ball is good for one thing, golf money, and it there is not much of that in it.
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