Lower Level Games

[ChrisSportsFan]

IMO, all lower level games would be best served having a running clock til the last 2 minutes of each half. Otherwise, some of these games take forever to play.

Keep in mind, some of these lower level coaches have already told those kids everything they can. If they gotta talk it's going to be to the refs. Communicate with them. Help talk them thru the game. Sometimes it goes well and sometimes it doesn't. If you're going to make it to the V level, you've gotta handle the F/JV coaches to get there. There are some really good people coaching at that level and they don't get any of the glory like having a full gym, name in the paper, etc. They also have to deal with parents who still don't understand the pecking order and want their kid to play more. Even though they couldn't throw the ball into the ocean with a wind to their back and no defense.

I pickup some of those games and I think that many of them were recently frustraited by officials who seemed to not care or were oblivious to the action on the floor. Once they see that you are not one of the "lazys", they can go back to coaching their team.

Don't call a bunch of game interupters that have no bearing on the outcome. Stick with advantage/disadvantage unless something is blatent.