Coach on the court

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Originally Posted by RichMSN

The coach is always considered beckoned when a player is injured. Period.

Rich,
I think that I understand the point of this comment. I am assuming that you mean ONCE PLAY IS STOPPED, the coach is always considered to be beckoned. At the same time, in a varsity boys game, if I have a player who "may" be injured -- no head injury, let's say a finger injury -- the coach better NOT come running on the floor getting hit in the head with a pass as the other team is fastbreaking down the floor.

The lower the level of the game, the quicker I am hitting my whistle. In all cases, IF the coach wishes to come out, he/she has been beckoned. If there is an injury where a player is screaming in pain, almost certainly stop immediately -- coach considered beckoned. I say almost because if it is the third or fourth time in a game (this happens more frequently in soccer), I may not stop immediately.

If a player has a ball bounce off of their finger, comes down somewhat awkwardly, or bumps into another player not resulting in a foul, I am not going to stop the play immediately -- and the coach better stay "home."

35 point, JV girls game, I am sounding my whistle immediately and beckoning just as quick. Technical foul? Not a chance.....UNLESS of course, the coach comes out to tend to the official instead of his/her player.