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Originally posted by Rick Vietti
Some of the ugliness that I see with Summer ball is that indivdual fouls are not kept, only team fouls. Around here we have 20 minute running halfs, team fouls kept only, no consequence for individual fouls.
The kids know this and the coaches are telling them to be agressive, attack the ball etc... I think we see some of this over agression, just because fouls are not kept.
I have told coaches to replace a player if they are playing too rough or over agressive, to try to stop any future fights.
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You are, of course, absolutely right. We sat down a couple of kids from both teams. One kid was a problem in both the JV and the varsity, when he wasn't playing things weren't quite so bad. The worst problem with one team was the coach. He got T'ed early for basically being an @$$. Once he settled down, things got a little better, but he did a lousy job of helping the kids with their attitudes.