[bbcoach7]

OK, this is a coaches perspective and one that I've not even heard from other coaches. But I am known as a coach who is really into and observant of the mental/emotional aspects of coaching girls. I feel it's a must if you want to get the most out of female players. There's an old coaching saying, "girls don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." Boys (90% or more) will "run through the wall" whether they like their coach or not because of the competetive nature of boys. Girls are different.

Boys grow up playing basketball in unsupervised situations; after school, in parks, in the driveway, at recess with the lunch monitor no where in sight, etc. When I was 10 yrs old, if I shoved an airborne shooter (layup) into the basket support pole, there's a good chance I'd get punched in the mouth because there's no adult right there to make sure that doesn't happen. Boys develop a basic form of respect for their opponent that girls don't experience, because when girls start playing basketball, there is virtually always an adult with a whistle right there. With rare exception, girls only play in supervised conditions. There's no threat of physical consequences for doing something stupid like trying to hit an opponent in the face with the ball as hard as you can because you just got spun around on a hard foul.

Is this provable? Absolutely not. Did Red commit a hold foul? Sure did. Can only do something about what is visible and clear- the foul by Red.

Girls will dive, or barrel roll through an opponents legs when the ball is on the other side of those legs rolling out of bounds. When two are chasing a ball out of bounds, girls will use their momentum to continue to push their opponent into the stands, or into a close wall on an endline, when they could have just made a slight body adjustment in angle, or force and protected their opponent a little bit. Girls will "hip check" airborne shooters. Girls will take the legs out of the shooter on layup attempts. Girls will use the most foul disgusting language at opponents very quietly so referee's don't hear. Girls will throw the basketball directly at an opponents face. Girls will raise their elbows like a football O lineman while screening. I could go on, but there's no reason to.

I believe that boys learn at an early age to not do these kinds of things. They learn an essential and very basic respect for their opponents that girls miss out on. I'm not saying that ALL girls play this way. But I've seen the comments in posts in here, "Why is is that these things seem to always happen in girls games?"

Boys don't put up with that kind of thing. That exact thing happens in a boys game, and do you think the other 9 players are just standing around? I think there may be some tempers flared, or worse. In this video, I think her (white) body language says it all, "that's right, I just punched yoU in the face with the ball *****."