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Old Sun Dec 08, 2013, 08:12pm
deecee deecee is offline
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Originally Posted by jodibuck View Post
Had this occur numerous times Friday night in a varsity boys game. Players were "spitting" on the court, just as a baseball player would on a ballfield. First time I saw it, I told the player to stop. He used his shoe to clean up his mess. A little later in the game, the head coach of the opposing team starts yelling, "they are spitting on the court". We stop the game and advise the home coach to tell his team to stop spitting on the court. Any thoughts?
On really dusty floors this was sometimes done, back when I played, to improve shoe traction. a bit of spit then use the shoes to wipe it up made a big difference between sliding and cutting.
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