Injured player...coach beckoned

[shishstripes]

Make sure the player needs help before beckoning the coach. If they need help, beckon the coach. Most kids need to get over that initial scare of being hurt.

The case play you mention doesn't suggest that the coach was beckoned just that the coach either came out or didn't come out.

Rule clinicians would say that if you have beckoned the coach on the floor, have the coach replace the player or call the timeout. I am not always a clinician and if I believe I prematurely beckoned the coach, I will allow the player to remain in the game.

[zebraman]

Originally Posted by shishstripes

Make sure the player needs help before beckoning the coach. If they need help, beckon the coach. Most kids need to get over that initial scare of being hurt.

The case play you mention doesn't suggest that the coach was beckoned just that the coach either came out or didn't come out.

Rule clinicians would say that if you have beckoned the coach on the floor, have the coach replace the player or call the timeout. I am not always a clinician and if I believe I prematurely beckoned the coach, I will allow the player to remain in the game.

How do you justify letting a kid stay in if you beckoned the coach? That completely contradicts the rule and case play. If you beckoned him, you thought he needed help. It's too late to change your mind at that point.

[shishstripes]

Like I said, if I feel I "prematurely beckoned the coach", I have no problem acknowledging I was wrong and allow the player to stay in. I would do the same thing with an inadvertent whistle (very different in some ways). I am much more patient than I was 10 years ago and you won't see this happen.

At the same time I am not talking about a player who takes two minutes to get ready to play holding their knee in agony. I am talking about a player down momentarily and out of lack of patience, I beckon the coach.

PT is a very coveted thing in this area as teams may only travel with 8 players (if they have 8 available) and only get 10 games a year unless they have enough money to travel to a tournament, which will cost a minimum of $2500 round trip.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by shishstripes

PT is a very coveted thing in this area as teams may only travel with 8 players (if they have 8 available) and only get 10 games a year unless they have enough money to travel to a tournament, which will cost a minimum of $2500 round trip.

Personally, I don't care about PT. If the kid can play, he'll be back in very quickly even if the coach doesn't use a TO. I rarely beckon a coach, and once I do, I've made up my mind the kid needs to come out. Unless the kid is writhing in pain, in which case I've never had a coach wait for me, I'll ask him if he can play before I call the coach.

90% of the time, they'll say they can play.