Originally Posted by DLH17 (Post 665784)

It's funny when the kiddos stare directly at you (with that deer in the headlights kind of look) while you are tweeting and creating a wind storm with your beckoning motion - and they remain motionless as a statue.

:)

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 665801)

When the younger kids come out and match up, the boys usually yell "I've got 12" or "I've got 5", etc. Sometimes I turn to them and say, "You've got 12 what? Toes?" It usually gets a smile, but sometimes I'll get a kid who answers back, very seriously, "No. I only have 10."

It just doesn't get any more fun than the "little kids" games.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 665806)

And I would have answered, "Not anymore."

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee (Post 665812)

Toemaine poisoning?

Originally Posted by DLH17 (Post 665808)

This reminds me of something my third grade son does in his games when subbing in. For instance, if he subs in after a free throw, he'll run to the kid he's guarding and look him in the eye and gently touch him in the arm with his pointer finger while saying, "I'm going to be guarding you.". He's usually met with an indifferent shrug. lol. The wife and I cut up every time.

Originally Posted by just another ref (Post 665820)

When my son was a 12 year old point guard in a rec league, the kid guarding him ran up and announced "I'm in your face."

My son put the ball on the floor and blew right by him while saying, "Not for long."

Originally Posted by just another ref (Post 665820)

My son put the ball on the floor and blew right by him while saying, "Not for long."

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 665824)

When kids come out to start a new quarter, they almost always ask, "Whose ball?"

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 665826)

OK - I'll stop now. :p

Originally Posted by just another ref (Post 665831)

Very true, at all ages. With the little kids, I sometimes say "Mine." Nobody knows what to say then. For all ages, I will sometimes throw the question back. "How do you tell?" It is amazing to me how many players, including varsity, do not know the answer.

Originally Posted by just another ref (Post 665831)

Very true, at all ages. With the little kids, I sometimes say "Mine." Nobody knows what to say then. For all ages, I will sometimes throw the question back.
"How do you tell?" It is amazing to me how many players, including varsity, do not know the answer.

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs (Post 665773)

I enjoy reffing the youngest players from time to time. They are often so sincere, so intent, and so clueless.

Yesterday, 5th grade girls, dead ball for my partner to administer. I'm trail, table side. I hear the nearest coach say, "Maggie, you're in." Maggie jumps up and runs straight onto the floor. Coach says, "No, no, check in at the table". But Maggie doesn't hear her because she's saying hi to me (she knows me). I say, "You have to check in at the table". She goes back to the table, talks to the table person for a moment, and then squats down in front of the table. I say, "Sub, you're in" and wave her in, while table person also tells her to go on in. Meantime, of course, whoever should be leaving has no clue, so Maggie's not getting the hint. But she finally jumps up from the X and starts to run in. Then, right in front of me, she stops, looks up at me, and says, "Now?" I only nod because I hear her parents laughing from the stands, and I don't trust myself to do differently.

They're so cute at that age!

Originally Posted by Upward ref (Post 666025)

The youngsters are the only kids I have experience with so far and they are a blast. Can't beat the k-2nd graders for rough and tumble action nonstop. The 6th graders start to get kinda serious . And coaches that are mostly parents that like bball and have zero rules knowledge!( Helps that I'm only hitting on about 15 percent rule knowledge. ) nonetheless I aspire to advance possibly all the way to middle school ,or even wreck league credentials ! :)