Had the exact same thing happen in a junior high game today, and since I wasn't the one doing the coin toss and the guy who was is a very experienced official, I had to let it go. But one team ended up kicking off to start both halves when I'm sure that wasn't their intention, but the 7th or 8th grader, whatever he was, was confused and I thought just asking him twice wasn't enough.

Now, thanks to this thread, I'm going to do the two-tiered deal on coin tosses that I'm in charge of.

If we have this many problems on the coin toss, I would hate to see the rest of the game.

Like so much of every game, you can do it half-a___ and get by as long as nothing unusual happens. BUt as soon as something a little strange occurs, if you are being half-a___ it is going to lead to major problems. That is why we can't afford to be half-a___ even when things are just cruising along.