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Old Sun Feb 08, 2009, 10:16pm
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Double Foul is an effective game management tool

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Originally Posted by bigdog5142 View Post
I just about had one the other night...in fact I should've called it. Had a team running a high post offense all night and the post player & defender were grabbing and pushing and leaning. I had been warning them all night (preventative officiating) but never pulled the trigger. Thinking back on it...all I probably had to do was ring them up for a double foul and it probably would've subsided.
A double foul gets everyone's attention and cleans up the aggressive "jostling for position." Use it early if players do not heed verbal redirection.
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