How to deal with bad refs

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Originally Posted by coach-rec

- no call on one side of the court and we're called for the same action (granted by a different ref) on the other side (see question below concerning this).

That's the oldest complaint in the book. Every coach I've ever worked sees it that way. It other words, there's very little cedibility to this complaint.

- Kid gets slapped across the arm and when I ask for an explanation of how the ref couldn't call it I'm told "it was all ball and your kid is just soft"

You thought it was across the arm, he said it was all ball. Are we supposed to rely solely on your response?

I also am wondering if I'm imagining this or not. Isn't there a rule where the refs don't officiate the same side after halftime? I've noticed that the same ref always positions himself on our offensive side of the ball and it's consistent enough to not be coincidence.

Just curious, do you have the same two officials for every game? Do they officiate HS games or are they two kids who work for the rec dept.?