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PostPosted: 11 Jan 2010, 09:32 
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Thanks, Coach Sars. I wrote that last winter. It's actually on our website at this link: http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/coaching/developmental-league.html

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PostPosted: 11 Jan 2010, 09:43 
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Great job on this Joe. Its spot on!


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PostPosted: 11 Jan 2010, 18:13 

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Sierra -

Like a mentioned on the other forum, I've run across this type of thing before at the younger ages (8 and below). Cringe at the bad habits being reinforced. Curious if the athletic director ever attends the games? Somtimes that will help with your cause.

I'd try the angle of asking the refs to teach/ref. Before game remind kids what good defense is, no reaching in, slapping, etc. to get the ball. If game gets out of hand, ref stops and reminds kids. No need to call every foul if you do that. Tough part is getting AD and refs to see your point.

Reward passes on offense with a small prize after a game. Pick a # they can hit, bump it by 10 and you'll be surprised. Gives you more ball touches per kid. Both the kids and parents are looking for that anyway.

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PostPosted: 11 Jan 2010, 18:26 
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Wow, enough said, and with eloquence Coach Mac


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PostPosted: 20 Jun 2010, 18:38 
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I didn't read all the responses and I know this is really late, but the head referee's reasoning for not calling fouls was that would make the game last all day.

The game would not last any longer than normal if they were using a running clock. In our league we have two 20 minute halves and they don't stop the clock for anything other than timeouts and halftime except for the last two minutes of the game. No matter how many fouls are called, our games never go over 50 minutes.

Now you can call fouls and penalize the teams playing bad defense and the game will not be any longer than it should be. Hope this helps.


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PostPosted: 20 Jun 2010, 19:31 
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Several years ago, I taught my post player a duck under move. She worked hard on perfecting the move but every time she used it in a game, she was called for traveling. I kept telling the referee to watch her pivot foot that it never left the ground until she was completing the shot but to no avail, it kept getting called thus frustrating my post player who decided against using it in future games. One game, I told my post player to ask the referee for advice on the move before the game began. She went out and demonstrated the move with the referee watching he said "that's a legitimate move no travel there. After that my post player never had a problem. What happens sometimes is that the referee who may have not seen that move before gets surprised and decides to call the travel. However, once it was demonstrated we had little problems after that. Coach Mac


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