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I had this happen in a 9 and under (not a typo, nine year old and under) AAU game. Coach isn't doing any barking at all the entire game. Towards the end, his team gets down by about 12 with around 1 minute left. His smallest player gets a steal in the BC and goes to the hoop, defender makes a CLEAN strip of the ball, ball hits the shooter on the knee and since he weighs about 45 lbs, that throws off his balance and he goes to the floor pretty hard, ball goes OB off the shooter. I have nothing but OB and the other team's ball. Coach goes ballistic, other team inbounds and the player who shot the ball basically tackles the ball handler. I run the kid for that obviously and then as I go to the table, here comes the coach after me. I asked him calmly to get back to the box while I reported and I would answer any question he had, he kept after me, got further out on the floor toward me...WHACK. Turns around and with 30 seconds left and his team down 12, he gets them and leaves. I couldn't believe what a terrible example he was setting for 8 and 9 year old kids.
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