off ball contact

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Coaches can teach whatever they want. It's up to the officials to make the call. Off-ball contact is in the POE's almost every year, both NCAA and FED. Ball-watching is the major culprit in missing off-ball contact. This 6th grade coach knows he's going to get mostly inexperienced refs for his games and inexperienced refs tend to ball-watch. That's coach has learned from experience that his players can get away with off-ball rough play.

If you ref one of his games you know what to look for.

You make a great point here. One of my fellow officials is also a Middle School coach, and as a member of our association, he knows which officials he gets on his games tend to ball watch and which officials will call the off-ball contact. He coaches accordingly.

[JRutledge]

Just put air in the whistle. I do not care what they actually teach.

Peace