IPAD on the Bench

Welpe · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 19, 2011, 03:58pm

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Originally Posted by chseagle

The device may be present on the bench, but if it is not being used then there is no rule being broken.

Fixed that for you.

constable · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 20, 2011, 06:15am

Anyone else think this rule is somewhat foolish and irrelevant now?

I see no harm in a coach using an Ipad to diagram a play. Am I alone?

Adam · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 20, 2011, 07:40am

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Originally Posted by constable

Anyone else think this rule is somewhat foolish and irrelevant now?

I see no harm in a coach using an Ipad to diagram a play. Am I alone?

If he wants to use an Etch a Scetch, you're right. Problem is the iPad is capable of so much more.

JRutledge · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 20, 2011, 10:49am

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Originally Posted by constable

Anyone else think this rule is somewhat foolish and irrelevant now?

I see no harm in a coach using an Ipad to diagram a play. Am I alone?

I think the rule is more relevant now than it was when I started. We barely had cell phones or they were not very popular. People now can transmit things with an IPad or tablet a lot easier than you can many other things from outside of the bench. Also remember that the rule outlaws video as well being used in that situation. So it is a little more than diagramming a play that is at issue on an IPad.

Peace

rockyroad · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 20, 2011, 01:17pm

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

I think the rule is more relevant now than it was when I started. We barely had cell phones or they were not very popular. People now can transmit things with an IPad or tablet a lot easier than you can many other things from outside of the bench. Also remember that the rule outlaws video as well being used in that situation. So it is a little more than diagramming a play that is at issue on an IPad.

Peace

Agreed...with an ipad they can show the team videos of what is going on on the court and use that to discuss things. I know, 60 seconds isn't a lot of time...but those things do way more than keep stats and draw plays.

Adam · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 20, 2011, 02:22pm

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Originally Posted by rockyroad

Agreed...with an ipad they can show the team videos of what is going on on the court and use that to discuss things. I know, 60 seconds isn't a lot of time...but those things do way more than keep stats and draw plays.

Yep, and without the rule, there's nothing to prevent the coach from using the iPad to re-run video he'd shown the team before, reminding them of points he'd discussed previously.