Should have whacked the kid!

[Stripes33]

Varsity boys game last night I'm the trail and the home team is losing by 6 with 3 minutes left in 4th quarter. Home team has 3 team fouls and is fouling to get to the bonus. Right in front of visitor bench and scorers table I have a foul on home team. I turn to report and see the offensive player toss the ball up into the defenders face, definately not an accident. I let the player know that we weren't going to have any behavior like that the rest of the game but the more I think about it, the more I think I should have whacked the kid. Any thoughts?

[Jurassic Referee]

Yup, you shoulda whacked the kid.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Yup, you shoulda whacked the kid.

[Junker]

If you're second guessing it now, you should have pulled the trigger.

[chartrusepengui]

Whack the kid to let him know you weren't going to allow any of that type of behavior for the rest of the game. Best way to make him understand!

[FrankHtown]

I agree he should have been whacked.

However, what happened before the foul? Did the offensive player get hit 2 or 3 times before the foul was called?

When it's obvious the strategy is to foul, get the first one, so things don't escalate.

[Stripes33]

Got the first foul, I was well aware of the player wanting to foul.

[Gimlet25id]

Originally Posted by Stripes33

Varsity boys game last night I'm the trail and the home team is losing by 6 with 3 minutes left in 4th quarter. Home team has 3 team fouls and is fouling to get to the bonus. Right in front of visitor bench and scorers table I have a foul on home team. I turn to report and see the offensive player toss the ball up into the defenders face, definately not an accident. I let the player know that we weren't going to have any behavior like that the rest of the game but the more I think about it, the more I think I should have whacked the kid. Any thoughts?

Got to "WHACK" him. If you don't then you might ended up with a huge mess if the player decided to retaliate!!!

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Gimlet25id

Got to "WHACK" him. If you don't then you might ended up with a huge mess if the player decided to retaliate!!! when another player does the same thing later and also expects a warning.

[JugglingReferee]

Definitely a T.