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As a coach, I don't think it's right for refs to talk to players in ways that give them an advantage. For example, "watch the 3 seconds", "watch the handcheck", "keep still on that screen". Just call it. Why are you coaching/advising them? I like to think my team knows how to avoid 3 second calls, guard without handchecking, set proper screens, etc... Why is my opponent being aided?
I've sat courtside at many NCAA and NBA games, and I can't remember hearing an official saying a word to a player about what he is currently doing wrong. They just blow the whistle and call it. Don't see why high school varsity should be any different. |
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To follow up on Coach Bill's comment, I know at NCAAW's camps I've attended they're telling us to get out of the habit of talking to the players while the ball is live and I've carried the habit into HS games. I'll say "keep moving" to get players out of the lane but apart from that I don't say much. The feeling is the player has already committed a foul by the time we say "hands" or "get set on that screen" so you might as well call the foul. Also, if the opposing coach hears you (s)he will probably say, "Just call the foul!"
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This is exactly why we're discouraged from talking to the players.
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There's a difference, I think, between saying "That was a foul and if you do it again I'm going to call it" and "You're approaching the line so don't go any farther" or "That would have been a foul but .... (e.g., the ball was already dead, you tried to set an illegal screen but there wasn't any contact)"
Not that we would use any of those words. |
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NCAA and NBA officials most definitely talk to player about such stuff, you just don't hear it, and that's not by accident.
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1. Ensure player safety 2. Ensure games are played fairly, according to the rules 3. Help players develop skills and knowledge of the sport 4. Promote sportsmanship If a player is setting a marginal screen I will pull them over and let them know that by rule they cannot be moving. We are not just enforcers of the rules, but teachers and communicators of it, especially at the development levels. Quote:
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I was thinking the same thing, but I was going to just let it go.
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According to whom?
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I disagree with the last 2. I am not their coach and/or mentor and I enforce sportsmanship standards. The coach and school district needs to promote it.
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The first one is also untrue. We can't "ensure" safety -- players get hurt on legal plays and on illegal plays that we can't prevent.
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