Coaches don't know the rules?

[MisterV]

I am an 8th grade girls coach. I love to monitor these boards because I don't want to be one of those coaches who doesn't know a rule, then says something stupid. Anyway, I did not know the LTFT rule until I read about it here. I tucked that little tidbit of information away, thinking it would probably never come up, but if it did, I would be ready.

The other day, my team was playing defense when one of my players knocked the ball away from an offensive player. The ball rolled right off of the other girl's leg and bounced into backcourt. The other girl ran back and picked it up. No whistle.

At the next dead ball I asked the ref why wasn't that a last to touch, first to touch situation. He looked at me like I was crazy. I sat back down and thought that either I still was botching this rule, or he had never heard of it.