What would you do?

JRutledge · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Oct 01, 2013, 08:53am

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Originally Posted by KevinP

It's 7th grade basketball. Blow the whistle as soon as they grab ball and tell the player what to do. IMO we are not only enforcing the rules but coaching a little bit in the younger grades. I've never had an opposing coach get upset for helping out on a play like that.

I have never had a coach go nuts when you call a violation (against the other team). Most coaches are yelling for something anyway and like it when you call things. After all, they think it is the NBA and everything that takes place must be called.

Peace

Stat-Man · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Oct 01, 2013, 03:11pm

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

I have never had a coach go nuts when you call a violation (against the other team).

I had a coach yell at me last week because I called a back court violation ... on the opposing team.

A1 is in her front court and decides to make an uncontested drive to the wrong basket. As soon as she crossed half court, I whistled the violation but nobody stopped. I blew the whistle again more emphatically and that's when Coach B voiced her displeasure.

Adam · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Oct 01, 2013, 03:13pm

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Originally Posted by Stat-Man

I had a coach yell at me last week because I called a back court violation ... on the opposing team.

A1 is in her front court and decides to make an uncontested drive to the wrong basket. As soon as she crossed half court, I whistled the violation but nobody stopped. I blew the whistle again more emphatically and that's when Coach B voiced her displeasure.

Boy would that be a quick discussion, probably egged on by a sideways look from me. Or, if I'm feeling particularly annoyed, "So, you want me to ignore an obvious violation so you can gain two cheap points?"