"I don't know what that means." (LGP)

[Adam]

The number of coaches who know this rule (and quite a few others) is small enough to make them the exception rather than the rule. Middle school even more so.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bainsey

How can you effectively teach the game if you don't have a thorough rules knowledge, let alone being able to effectively communicate with officials?

Which is exactly why I, as a middle school coach, took the classes offered by the local official's board over thirty years ago. I didn't even plan to take the test, I just wanted to learn the rules. I ended up taking, and passing, the test, and discovered that I could make same extra cash (teachers weren't paid much back then) officiating games. I stopped coaching after over twenty-five years (if asked today, I would only coach a team of orphans). I'm still officiating, and plan to keep doing it as long as I'm healthy.

[zm1283]

I had a GV game yesterday where I called a PC foul on the V team as the Trail. One of my partners told me that as I was reporting, the H coach was asking him why we weren't shooting free throws.

This was the same call where the V coach asked me what her girl did. I told her she used her forearm to displace the defender. She told me "That hasn't been called all weekend" (This was a tourney). I just told her that I hadn't been there all weekend so I don't know what or wasn't called.

[kwatson]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Which is exactly why I, as a middle school coach, took the classes offered by the local official's board over thirty years ago. I didn't even plan to take the test, I just wanted to learn the rules. I ended up taking, and passing, the test, and discovered that I could make same extra cash (teachers weren't paid much back then) officiating games. I stopped coaching after over twenty-five years (if asked today, I would only coach a team of orphans). I'm still officiating, and plan to keep doing it as long as I'm healthy.

Took me a second, but that is funny!!

[SNIPERBBB]

Originally Posted by kwatson

Took me a second, but that is funny!!

Its a sad statement regarding the current state of affairs regarding student athletes' parents.

[fiasco]

I still don't understand if you used the acronym (LGP) or said "legal guarding position" to him. If it was the first, I can understand why he was confused. In the second, less so.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Which is exactly why I, as a middle school coach, took the classes offered by the local official's board over thirty years ago.

There it is, a coach that stepped it up.

Aside to fiasco, look at the quote again. That's what I said.

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by bainsey

There it is, a coach that stepped it up.

Aside to fiasco, look at the quote again. That's what I said.

Then I can absolutely understand the coach's confusion.