An hour, 45 minute MS game

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Adam

when kids can't control their feet, I'm looking for either an advantage or a significant travel.

^ This.

A couple of my favorites:
1) the coach in an 11U girls rec game that was constantly complaining about traveling, every time the other team had the ball (nothing, of course, when his team had the ball, even though they were just as bad). After I got fed up with it, I asked the coach if he really wanted me to call every single travel violation. He said yes. The next 8 possessions lasted about 5 seconds each before a traveling violation. Finally I turned over to him and said "did I make my point, coach?" "yes." "Ok, thank you".

I would never do that again, of course.

2) "Three second" parents. The ones who constantly yell for a 3-second violation on the other team... situations including, but not limited to:
a) while the ball is in the backcourt.
b) while the ball is dead after a foul call.
c) during a throw-in.
d) PRIOR TO the start of a throw-in.
e) during one of those marathon miss-a-shot-get-an-offensive-rebound-shoot-again-miss-offensive-rebound-rinse-repeat sequences.