Good Intentional Foul Call

[BigJoe]

Hey, BigJoe.

Just wanted to make a coach's comment about calling fouls quickly at the end of the game. Had a game a year ago in which we were down by 6 or 7 with a couple of minutes left. Kids were told to be more aggressive on defense, to try to steal the ball. Each time we stepped up our defense we were whistled for fouls. After the third one I did what every good howler does - I politely ;-) asked the referee why he was calling the game so tightly at that point, when he hadn't called the game tightly up to that point.

the boys,

That is why we get the big bucks to know when you want your kids to foul or not. Most of the time it is proceded by you yelling "foul him"!!!!!
It is also your job to tell the kids to play the ball when attempting to foul so you don't get an intentional foul called against your team.
I also think it is our job to know the situation so we can avoid an unnecessary intentional foul or worse. Just MHO.

"Keep 'em straight up!"