T for pregame warmups?

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Originally Posted by zm1283

I had a partner recently that pointed each direction and announced which way the teams were going before tossing the ball. He also had a captain's meeting that was about a minute and a half long that included "We'll try to talk you out of fouls", "We want to keep you in the game", "Play defense with your feet", "We'll talk you out of three seconds"...and on and on.

We've had discussions in our local meetings about trying to keep the pre-game conference as short as possible. Yet there are still a few officials that insist on asking for "speaking captains" and "make sure you come to the X to check in, or we'll call a technical foul" and things like that. (My partner last night was one of these.)

I try to keep it to 20 seconds or less. Are players properly equipped, we want to encourage good sportsmanship, any questions. Done. There's no need for any more than that.