Best Player Comment of the Year

[secondyear]

This particular comment came from a 9 and 10 year old girls recreation league. The games are played in an old elementary school where the gym floor is made up of plastic squares placed over an old cement or tile floor. The squares have a grid-like pattern so they can be vacuumed for easy cleaning.

As one of the young players is running to the other end of the floor to play defense, she trips and falls face first onto the floor. Play is stopped to allow the coach to attend to his player. When he asks if she is ok, she replies after a sob, "yes, but I've been waffled!"

Fortunately, she only skinned her elbow as a result of the fall and was able to return later in the game.

Just thought I would share!

[JAdams]

Was officiating a fourth-grade level game a few years ago. I think it was the first year of "organized" basketball for most of the kids.

Substitution situation... A2 is replacing A1. As A2 comes onto the floor, he asks A1 "Who do you have?" A1 proceeds to look at each of the five opponents, one at a time, then shrugged his shoulders, rolled up his eyes, and told A2, "I have no idea."

Ah, the innocence of kids!

[LarryS]

I was calling some 1st grade games (not sure if it was really basketball) as a favor Saturday morning.

At the end of the second period, this kid launches a shot that would have been well outside the 3-point line (gym didn't have one) and get nothing but net. Both teams mob the kid at center court and use up most of the half congratulating him.

That made the day worth it.

[Mark Padgett]

I recently posted the comment from two weeks ago when A2 came in as a sub to replace A1 and asked, "Who's your man?" A1 thought for a second and replied, "Well, we're playing zone, so I guess - everybody."

But my all time favorite happened a lifetime ago when my son was in 4th grade and he had a kid on the team who had no clue whatsoever. He was number 12. During a timeout, the coach told him just to guard the player on the other team who had the same number he had. The kid looked down at his jersey and said, "but they don't have a 21, coach."

The really sad thing is that he was serious.

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by secondyear
When he asks if she is ok, she replies after a sob, "yes, but I've been waffled!"

Imagine if the NFHS had to invent a signal for this!