Defender counting out loud during inbound

[Adam]

Originally Posted by twing1115

Not sure who your reffing. What about teams that play a match-up zone? Is it girly for them to talk? Should players be silent on screens? Every coach in america has there team talking in practice when they are doing shell defense. Every sucessful trapping team must talk in transition to scramble for match-ups. If your going to practice that way why wouldn't you play that way?

He's talking about the "ball ball ball ball" stuff. When the ball gets buried in a trap, I'll normally hear them call out "dead" or something, but it's not continuous. Maybe it's the altitude here, but they tend to think there are better things to do with their oxygen than expell it for the purpose of distracting an opponent.

Talking to communicate is one thing; talking to distract, intimidate, or produce anxiety in the opponent is another.

Not that I deal with it in anyway; it's all perfectly legal even if it is considered bush league. Now, counting on an throw-in is different.

And if a coach were to approach me pregame and try to tell me his intent for doing this, I'd very specifically tell him not to do it. At this point, I probably wouldn't bother with a warning in the game, either.