Many years ago, we had a former NBA player who coached his two daughters in our local kids rec league. He was, without a doubt, the most enjoyable coach I have ever had on a bench. Virtually every time we called a violation or foul, he would explain it to his girls. If they started getting "too many" fouls, he would request a timeout and speak to them about it, never yelling, just instructing.
He also would encourage them constantly and praise them on every good play. Sometimes he would remind them to listen to the officials and to do whatever we told them to do. If fact, sometimes he would even thank us for making certain foul calls against his team because it was "teaching his team why they were fouls".
If he wanted a rule explained, he would wait until a break then thank us for explaining it to him.
If I ever had to pick a "model coach", especially for young kids games, he was it. Oh yeah - his name is Kevin Kunnert.
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