Moving Screen
 

Calling in our youth rec league tonight, specifically the 9-10 girls. I heard a shout from the stands: "Moving screen!" As I looked around, I see the following: This team is playing man to man defense, (I think) and as I look there are 2 matchups 25 feet from the basket where you could honestly not tell by the actions of the players which team had the ball. I had a thought. Leak the news to the fans that screening principals in part apply to both offensive and defensive players.

Now nobody on either team would be allowed to move.

That would be like explaining the phantom over the back call, 3 seconds when the ball is in the back court and ref you gotta call it both ways when the foul count is 4 to 5. At a 9 and 10 year old level, I'd have even less awareness of the crowd.

I use to do some Saturday morning 5th and 6th grade basketball, sometimes I felt like reminding parents it wasn't the Friday night Varsity game, but there is one quote I heard from a college coach that I will always remember. "Parents don't care what level their kids are playing, it's the biggest deal in their lives at that moment. You can probably determine who their is." I try to think about this when I am working that horrible freshman boys game and all I want to do is get out of there.