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Originally posted by PublicBJ
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Originally posted by Tim Roden
A double foul is when you didn't see who initiated the action.
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Wow, that statement made my eyebrows jump up. I don't think that's what the rulemakers had in mind when they came up with a double foul.
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IMO, a double foul is a great way to clean up this post play early in the game, if they are both banging away at each other like they're in the NBA. If one player is definately the culprit, get 'em for it. If they're both banging away, maybe talk to them, but get them with the double if you have to. Coaches (okay, smart coaches) will know exactly what you're doing, and won't have a problem with the double foul.
Just don't wait until the fourth quarter to call it, unless you plain have to.
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I gotta disagree. IMO, calling a double foul is a bailout on our part. Usually we didn't see who started it and both players have committed fouls, so we call a double. That is not to say that it is wrong to do, but the supervisors I work for want the first foul called. They definitely don't like the double called. Almost always, you can get one guy at one end and the other guy at the other end.
With regards to talking to players, I will do it one time in the first quarter and then I blow the whistle. My experience is that players respond very well to the whistle and not very well to the voice.
[Edited by stripes on Nov 13th, 2002 at 11:11 AM]