just a little note- travel and coaches

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by mutantducky

reminder... because it happens darn power of suggestion

So you hear coaches sometimes yelling travel, watch the travel (etc etc)....

Me: "that means I'll be looking at your team just as hard"

[jTheUmp]

Back in the days when I did little kids rec ball, I once worked a 10u girls game with one of those coaches. Every time the opponents had the ball, he's start yelling "that's a travel! You gotta call the travel!".

Keep in mind that this was a league that was 98% made up of players who had probably never played basketball previously... and the traveling and double-dribble rules were enforced in a fairly relaxed manner.

Told the coach to knock it off a couple of times... which worked, for about 2 trips up and down the court, before he'd start in again. Finally I turned to him and said "You want me to call every single travel, coach?" "Yes." "Ok then".

His team's next 6 possessions ended via traveling violations.

"Did I make my point, coach?" "Yes" "Ok then"

Didn't say a word to me the rest of the game.

[Moosie74]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Me: "that means I'll be looking at your team just as hard"

Call it both ways, Ref! As a coach be *very* careful what you ask for!

JV boys coach last year asks me to watch the pushing down low. What's the next thing I see? His player giving a nice two-hander to a player about to catch the ball. Next thing I hear from the bench "not on us, ref!!"