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Originally posted by w_sohl
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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
I think there's a line between preventative officiating and on-court coaching. IMHO, what you did was over the line. I know you had good intentions, but we can't "coach" kids on fundamentals.
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So what do you tell the kid when he asks you what he did to get the carry call?
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I'm with Mark all the way on this one.If a ballplayer asks a polite question on a rule,by all means you should answer it. You shouldn't be initiating the conversation,though,when it comes to fundamentals like dribbling,shooting,passing,etc. The problem is that you don't know exactly what the coach is teaching their ballplayers.You may be contradicting the coach's teaching.In this case,there might not be a problem saying "watch your dribble". The problem is in saying "keep your hand on top of the ball". Hand location doesn't really matter in this call.What matters is whether the ball came to rest in the hand or not. JMVHO!
Thu Feb 20, 2003, 06:40pm
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