Tying Shoe Leads To Heave Ho...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

... doesn't specifically brooch untied (or missing) shoes.

Untied shoes happen all the time in my middle school games.

If we've already had a couple, and we're waiting for a shoe (once again) to be tied before a free throw, I will often tell everybody, "If anybody wants shoe tying lessons after the game, my partner, as a child, came in second place in the Connecticut State Shoe Tying Contest, and he'll be glad to hang around to give lessons".

Sometimes I'll follow up with my partner, "Was that second place, or third place?".

Saying second place makes it seem more believable than first place, and I often get middle school players saying, "Really?".

Lying to kids for a good reason isn't always bad? Right? Santa Claus?