[BillyMac]

Back when I was a middle school coach, we would take an hour every season to go over late game situations. I would put one minute on the scoreboard clock, and a score, usually somewhere between a one point and a five point difference. We would talk about, and practice, how we would approach this situation if it ever happened in a real game. When ahead, we had a play called "15 Layup", where my players were only allowed to take a wide open layup, no other kind of shot. If, for whatever reason, a player chose to take some other type of shot, even if the ball went in, the rest of the team ran, while the offender was encouraged to get a drink of water. When behind, we practiced unintentional intentional fouls. Back then, if coaches yelled, "Foul", officials would call an intentional foul, so we had a play called, "Steal the ball", which was really code for "Foul". We practiced how to foul in these situations, don't grab a jersey, or push from behind, or bear hug the offensive player. Instead slap at the offensive player's forearm, with an exaggerated upward, and downward, motion, making sure to make some skin to skin contact, even better if the slap resulted in a slapping sound.