Long JV Games - Just some random babble

[Rich]

I agree, Chuck. Most of my original post was, um, shall we say. tongue-in-cheek?

The one comment I couldn't believe was that they'd shorten the JV game to start the varsity on time -- I mean, there's already too much of an attitude that the JV game is meaningless -- let's just compound that attitude. Reminds me too much of the Bad News Bears movie where they played in the Houston Astrodome and they wanted to kill the little game they were playing because it ran over. LET THEM PLAY.

Now, let's be serious for a moment. Many times the JV/Soph/Frosh game runs over because the JV/Soph/Frosh officials call every bit of contact (and some times when there is no contact) a foul. The concept of advantage/disadvantage has not made its way down to the JV/Soph/Frosh level in many of the games here, so the game gets slowed down even more due to unnecessary stoppages of play and extra bonus situations.

I also notice that there are quite a bit more fouls called at the varsity level in girls play. I try to apply advantage/disadvantage the same way in those games, but it seems to take less contact in many instances for an advantage to be gained. Also, there are a lot more fouls where the girls play defense with their hands rather than by getting in position. As always, that is just my experience.