Sitting a player down

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BDevil15

Thanks for the replies. The summer camp actually did keep fouls which is why I would have preferred just calling an offensive foul if he saw it that way, so that maybe the player would have learned something from the play. And like I said I complied happily, just wanted some clarification since I couldn't find any reference for the situation in a rulebook... unless my players jersey got pulled out from the wrestling.

Thanks for the helpful replies.

I cannot speak for your camp or league, but many times where I live these are overall teaching environments. They are places to teach kids things they might not get during the regular season. I know I talk to players a lot more during the summer than I ever would during the season. I would suspect that that is what the official was doing and the rules based on the laid back nature of these things was giving you a chance to correct the situation without calling a T or even making a higher level call like an intentional or flagrant. Again a lot of this is based on the culture of these games, which is why many are not talking about rules in these kinds of situations. Usually rules would complicate these situations when you do not keep track of fouls and not shoot all the proper FTs.

Peace