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He may want that aggressiveness. Just not my business and no need for me to say anything. being out of control isn't a foul. i will talk a post player out of a foul or maybe tell a player setting a pick to keep the knees inside his frame. If I was concerned about this player i might tell her something.."you go barreling through your on your own" but certainly nothing to coach. |
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If I see a kid leaning on a screen or too wide without contact, I might tell the coach he's getting too wide. I think these are HTBT kind of things.
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I see kids try to make themselves bigger on a pick by spreading legs out and bending knees. I just tell them, "You have to stay within your shoulders/frame when setting pick/screen. if you squat, knees stick out and somebody else runs into one of them …that's a foul...on you." I might tell them once. |
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Dealing with coaches is an art that comes slowly. A lot of it has to do with the confidence you have in your own calls and an ability to articulate that quickly and efficiently. You also have to kind of have a sense when a coach might have a question and perhaps position yourself a little closer to him/her so they can ask it. And while it's taboo to make or answer comments, there are those intangible moments when it might be appropriate to do just that. No way to teach this. It just comes with experience. One thing I've also noticed is that the older I get and look, the less hostile coaches tend to be, even when I'm the new guy in an area who they don't know from Adam. False perceptions of immaturity may not be fair, but they are subconscious prejudices that can't be avoided. So if you look young....well that just sucks and you might have to resort to your teapot a little more often. Lastly in this monologue that I didn't intend to be a monologue, know when to apologize or admit you may have made a mistake. It's amazing how quickly that gets most coach's respect. Last week I was working a youth game and Coach B had six players and it was a physical game. B1 gets his fifth foul midway through the fourth quarter, and it was no surprise to the crew or Team A that "five" had just been arrived at. Team A claps at the occasion (rude, but not T worthy), and in an attempt to appear relaxed and de-escalatory, as I turn to report I say, "Yup, they knew it." Needless to say Coach B was offended, and I realized immediately that I had spoken before thinking about how that would sound. Very next dead ball I was by his bench and I just looked him in the eye and said, "I should not have said that; it was disrespectful and I apologize." Not my finest moment at first but the recovery was nice. Took the coach down a whole level of angst and the rest of the game went smoothly. Bottom line: Dealing with coaches is a learned skill that takes a LOT of reps to get good at. |
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Get the call right. Communicate so people understand what your calling. Substance over form. And as an example, if you go to the table and say 32 blue "displacement" you've proven you can read. If you say 32 blue "push." Your telling people what happened in words they understand. And finally, you should kick in money to a fund for the length of your post. 10 bucks I'd say. Mine was just under the threshold for a fine...imagine that. Last edited by BigCat; Mon Feb 06, 2017 at 04:30pm. |
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The only thing I ever ask them to help me with is sportsmanship, and then only if I have the chance. Coaches are going to want their players pushing the limits of what we'll call when it comes to fouls and such.
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I was warning a player on handchecking trying to avoid a foul and the coach pulled me aside and politely told me, "I want them doing that until the official shows us he'll actually call that." When I called it the next time, the coach was smiling. Lesson learned....for an entire career. |
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This is my 5th season and I have yet to hear a coach/player/fan say this. Perhaps they are a little more educated in my area.
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You do you, bruh.
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While I've worked at creating better rapports with coaches, I stick close by my rule of not talking to them unless it's to answer a question or if I have to (like "coach, you have one time out left"). I'm definitely not looking for reasons to speak with them.
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There's no need to tell them they have 1 left, either. |
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