PEEWEE gone bad

[JCrow]

Momstwo:

Been doing Youth League work for a lot of years. some positive advice:

1. Get involved. Volunteer. Our YMCA Youth League use to pay volunteer parents to attend Ref Schools. Leagues that use Refs without training often have trouble with Safety. There is a League in town that uses HS kids. The Youth Games get too rough in my opinion for young children with untrained HS kids reffing.

2. Once you know the Rules. You'll be able to Coach better. You mentioned an Uneven Foul Count as a beef. There's nothing inherently wrong with an uneven foul count. Many times it's a reflection of Coaching. Unless a Coach teaches their kids not to hand-check and to screen correctly....your Team will pick-up a lot of unnecesary fouls that may look unfair to the untrained fan.

3. Don't get the kids worked up about the officating in any case. At that age they don't care...UNLESS the parents make a big deal out of it.