Table Instructions

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by seanwestref

I am fine with kids doing everything at some levels. As long as they are experienced (or willing to listen to instruction) and don't text during the game, I do not see a problem. I had a 7th grader working the clock tonight, and he was texting. The clock started late so many times I considered removing him.

Part of the speech to the table includes my 3 "rules":

1. Try not to cheer. I know you have friends out there but cheering takes your mind off what you're doing.
2. No food or drink at the table. If something spills it's not going to be pretty.
3. The only electronic device I want to see at the table is...and I point to the game clock (and the shot clock, if needed).

Since I lay it out at the beginning the kids don't protest...much.

[Eastshire]

Unless someone indicates they're new:

"This is the same thing you hear every night. Look up when we come to report, otherwise we get lonely. Slow us down if we're going too fast. Let us know as soon as you think you might have a problem so we don't have to figure it out with 1 second left in the 4th. Thanks."

Hopefully, this covers the important points while acknowledging they're smart and have been doing this for a good long while. I usually can get a laugh with the lonely line.

[maven]

"Let me know if any problems come up."

[zm1283]

We never have high school kids working the table around here, not even in JH games. You may get some inexperienced adults in some JH games, but at least they're adults. On JV/V nights, I very rarely have problems with the table crew at all. The schools around here do a good job of finding good people.