My First Technical Call

[grunewar]

Congratulations on your first T! You never forget your first!

A "T" is just another tool in your kit bag that helps you control the game. Once you issue one, they become easier as now you know what YOUR tolerance level is and how to use the "T". Don't dwell on it, it's just another game management tool. Everyone's has a slightly different tolerance level.

But, comments about you or your partner personally or questions about your integrity should be "almost" automatic.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by grunewar

... comments about you or your partner personally or questions about your integrity should be "almost" automatic.

It's not automatic for me, but when the coach gets to be distracting to me, it's then that the part of my brain that controls charging technical fouls starts to energize, and after that, it's only a matter of where I am on the court, what is actually said, and how loud it's said, and then, boom goes the dynamite.

[SC Official]

I've said it many times, and so have others on this forum. The only technical fouls I regret are the ones I didn't call but should have. Did you wait too long? Only you can answer that. But you did the right thing by calling a T at some point. That says to the coach that he doesn't get to walk all over you. You gave him the opportunity to fix his behavior, you didn't put him on ignore, and he continued to run his mouth. Good work.

[Mark Padgett]