Sorry, havent been paying attention for a while. Reading through the thread on a player yelling "ball,ball,ball!" reminded me of a game I had where a player would yell "brick!" as the opponent was shooting. Handle this any differently?

Also, are you folks using new high school rules in your summer games? Thanks!

Any time a player is commenting to or about an opponent it falls under taunting. I'd consider "brick" as a warning causing comment, just tell the player to knock it off.

Yes, I have been using the rule changes this summer.

I think that's an overgeneralization, but it's a good starting point, I suppose. I would think that in order to qualify as taunting, a comment would need to be negative, or be designed to bring negative results. If a player said to her opponent, "Great shot!" and it wasn't sarcastic, I don't see how that could be taunting.

Obviously, I am talking about trash talking or negative comments about the player or their game.

I would hope the forum members are intelligent enough to understand.:rolleyes:

Wow -- that's a big leap of faith!

Whut dat meen? I dunt unnerstan.

Sorry....now that I've been reffing for a few years, I've lost all faith :p

ouch!

How does one select taunting from being negative or possitive? If I'm at the free throw line and the defence keeps yelling "Who's guarding the best player, the free throw shooter", is that nagative? Will it affect my shot?

That's disconcertion, I guess they weren't.:D