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Originally posted by mj
Last week in one of my games I had a coach use his substitutions to delay the game in my mind. He would send one substitute to the table and she would come in and when the player she replaced was about 5 feet from the bench he would tell another girl to report so she would get to the table just as the other player would reach the bench. Then that player would be beckoned and the process started over.
After the 3 new players were in the game, the 2 players that remained in the game probably got close to a minutes rest with the way the game was delayed. One time he substituted 2 players and just when we were ready to resume play, he called a full time out. Probably got an extra 30 seconds rest for the other 3 players.
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This is why when I bought a new (okay, new-to-me) car in September, I got a bumper sticker to put on it that says, "Stop Serial Substitutions!!"
Actually the issue isn't that big of a deal for me. If a coach pulls this on me, I just stop the subs until the next proper occasion. But I love the sound of the words,
"STOP SERIAL SUBSTITUTIONS"
I'm also sending for a "Save the Skeets" bumper sticker. It's gonna look great!