Scrimmage not so fun

[OKREF]

Aren't you guys told to treat scrimmages just like a normal game? We've always been told to treat them the same.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by OKREF

Aren't you guys told to treat scrimmages just like a normal game? We've always been told to treat them the same.

No. Most of the time they are done to just play a "quarter" or a brief period of time. And as I stated, these are intrasquad scrimmages which often involve different levels like the Sophomore team playing the Varsity and we are not keeping track of any fouls or even shooting normal shots on fouls (1 for 2).

Heck on Thursday I had a scrimmage which for the very first time they ran situations where they would play a real timed game but would play like the last 4 minutes of a half or play an overtime period with set fouls already on the board. But parents are there and they are mostly trying to just showcase the new teams for the year and give parents a way to see the team before they play.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

No. Most of the time they are done to just play a "quarter" or a brief period of time ... we are not keeping track of any fouls or even shooting normal shots on fouls ...

In my little corner of Connecticut, most intersquad scrimmages are played in six periods (four varsity, two subvarsity), stop time, with the score reset to zero after each period. We don't keep track of personal, or team, fouls, and we only shoot "in the act", and "and one", free throws.

Odd tradition here, players never wear their "real" uniforms in intersquad scrimmages, they always wear T-shirts, or scrimmage vests. Officials often have to report fouls on player #0 because many players don't have numbers.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

No. Most of the time they are done to just play a "quarter" or a brief period of time. And as I stated, these are intrasquad scrimmages which often involve different levels like the Sophomore team playing the Varsity and we are not keeping track of any fouls or even shooting normal shots on fouls (1 for 2).

Heck on Thursday I had a scrimmage which for the very first time they ran situations where they would play a real timed game but would play like the last 4 minutes of a half or play an overtime period with set fouls already on the board. But parents are there and they are mostly trying to just showcase the new teams for the year and give parents a way to see the team before they play.

Peace

Here we've always been instructed that any ejections during a scrimmage will be treated just the same as a regular season game. We call fouls but don't keep track either. All technical fouls on coaches or players still carry the same weight as a regular season game. All of the scrimmages here are between two teams and sometimes we even have three ways. Most of the time they play 8-10 quarters. Running clock.

Even in football teams play 1 or 2 scrimmages against another team. All rules apply, we throw flags but don't usually mark the yardage off. All rules apply to scrimmages just like regular season games. Any fights or ejections and players/coaches are subject to disciplinary action

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by OKREF

Here we've always been instructed that any ejections during a scrimmage will be treated just the same as a regular season game. We call fouls but don't keep track either. All technical fouls on coaches or players still carry the same weight as a regular season game. All of the scrimmages here are between two teams and sometimes we even have three ways. Most of the time they play 8-10 quarters. Running clock.

Even in football teams play 1 or 2 scrimmages against another team. All rules apply, we throw flags but don't usually mark the yardage off. All rules apply to scrimmages just like regular season games. Any fights or ejections and players/coaches are subject to disciplinary action

Again, more drama than we have to deal with. There is no T to give. What are we going to T someone for being out of the coaching box? Heck we have had coaches stop the game to give instruction (just like a practice).

Even in the football example you gave, coaches are all over the field, usually right in the offensive backfield and if we have a penalty, we might not even mark it off. In some cases, there are two different units going on on the same field going from the 30s or 40s to each goal line.

Like I said, these are practices, nothing more but with officials on the field or court.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by OKREF

Aren't you guys told to treat scrimmages just like a normal game? We've always been told to treat them the same.

that's generally how they want us to officiate the play, but not the behavior. Rich is right, when I'm working for free and the points don't matter, it's different. Just give the coach a chance to shut down the chatter (either from his bench or the players), then calmly walk away and file a report.