How to deal with the 3-sec rule

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by grunewar

And again, and again.....

I had a situation once in a B MS Game where one young man was ~ 6 ft tall and everyone else on the court was much smaller. He tossed the ball up - clank! Rebound. Clank! Rebound. Clank! Over and over again. Situation ended when someone finally fouled him. Musta been six or seven times if memory serves me correctly. Other coach was screaming for three seconds. Me,

It happens!

It does happen, but it shouldn't. So when it does, I stop it immediately. "Coach, we're not going to have you shouting at us today. There was no violation on that play, since there is no team control during a try."

That coach likely won't understand the last part, which is "rules knowledge intimidation." Anyway, if he doesn't get the point, you can always whack him the next trip down the court (wait till after the opponent scores though, so that the T gives them the ball back).