the stare down

[rockyroad]

I use the "look" on players who decide they want to mouth off to myself or a partner...it's not a stare down, it's my "teacher look" that I have perfected after 20 years in a classroom with 7th graders. It works perfectly on those players who are standing at the brink of earning themselves a T and almost always causes them to step back and tone it down. Usually the coach will react to it also - I think the "teacher look" and the "mother look" are universally understood.