Controlling the Game: Managing Coach Interactions

This training video emphasizes the critical importance of managing body contact with coaches and ensuring they do not communicate with opposing players. It highlights the need for officials to maintain a heightened awareness of their surroundings, especially when opposing coaches come close to players. The video stresses the necessity of issuing double technical fouls when necessary to regain control of the game. Furthermore, it advocates for thorough pregame discussions among officials regarding the behavior of coaches and players to ensure a smooth officiating experience.

Play BreakDown

It is very important to understand that we must be careful making body contact with a coach. We can’t allow coaches to talk to opposing players on the team. We need to get in there early, and as a crew have better awareness of our surroundings and see the opposing coach come over. This calls for obvious double technicals on both head coaches, we must take control back of the game. Officials should have detailed pregame to talk about coaches and players.