Taunting

[Brian Watson]

I had a bizarre request from a coach last night. Team S serves an ace. All of the players on team s dive into the center of their court and cheer or yell or whatever it is they do. This happens every game, all year long. Well this coach(team R) wanted me to issue an unsportsmanlike taunitng penalty. I have seen this happen at all levels of HS/MS ball, I have seen it in state tourneys, and never once was a penalty or warning issued. Nothing was said across the net, and they were ready to play once the ball came back. I had problems with the coach all night and rang it up to him trying to work me, but it does raise an interesting point, is that illegal? Ohio has never said it was, but....what does everyone else think?