Strange Night

[dsqrddgd909]

I find that the intensity from fans/parents is creepng into lower and lower age groups. I think part of it is that the true elite athletes haven't been identified yet and their parents think that their kids are all elite athletes.

Same deal with coaches I think.

[CoachP]

Originally Posted by dsqrddgd909

I find that the intensity from fans/parents is creepng into lower and lower age groups. I think part of it is that the true elite athletes haven't been identified yet and their parents think that their kids are all elite athletes.

Same deal with coaches I think.

get ready for more...NCAA is now allowing colleges to recruite down to 7th graders.... 11-12 year olds are now "officially" prospects!!

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by dsqrddgd909

I find that the intensity from fans/parents is creepng into lower and lower age groups. I think part of it is that the true elite athletes haven't been identified yet and their parents think that their kids are all elite athletes.

Same deal with coaches I think.

I think it's the fact that the fans/parents in the lower age levels know fewer of the rules and don't know how to act at a game. If I volunteer for a fundraiser tournament, I can always count on at least one parent approaching me after the game whining about their team losing. The coaches don't know what they're doing and also don't know the rules, so that compounds the problem.

[Eckley]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I think it's the fact that the fans/parents in the lower age levels know fewer of the rules and don't know how to act at a game. If I volunteer for a fundraiser tournament, I can always count on at least one parent approaching me after the game whining about their team losing. The coaches don't know what they're doing and also don't know the rules, so that compounds the problem.

Not knowing the rules or understanding certain bball situations is a problem for a lot of these parents. The CYO league has a rule for the JV games that pressing is only allowed for the final 2 minutes of each half. The 'pick up line' where the defense can begin to defend against the ball is the top of the key! The problem with that is on the fast break. It seemed that the fans wanted us to somehow slow the game down or prevent the defense from defending until the reached the top of the key, even on the fact break. We had multiple situations where Team A was on a fast break and Team B defenders were in paralell positions between the half court line and the top of the key defending the ball. There was no way I was going to stop the action and prevent Team B from defending during the fast break; but it seemed that parents (not that I cared) wanted us to do just that.