Free throw disconcertion

[Adam]

Steve, I might just do the same at a 5/6 grade game as well. It's really a different ball game, with different expectations, at that level. You asked, however, what we'd do in a jv level or above. Telling the cheer leaders to stop cheering during a free throw is inviting trouble, IMO, short of a directive from your assignor or state association.
Short of personally insulting cheers, I'm having a hard time coming up with a situation where I'm going to address the cheerleaders during a game. Okay, if they're in my way, that's another story.

Adam