My child was spat on by a kid with a blood lip and also told to F off and later tripped ! At another game he and others in his team were punched in the stomach away from play. Fortunately in that incident when their coach was told about it by one of our parents, they said I know who that would be and pulled him for the rest of the game. That is a rare occurrence as the response is usually ignore any complaint or get defensive as if it never happened and it was being made up by whingers. This is happening all over junior sport with the changes in society. Parents are far more defensive than ever and more present at sport than ever before and they want to win and blind to these events. Deliberate trips, screaming in players faces and stamping their feet. A foot ball jump for the mark and punching the ball with the footy mentality are all regular occurrences in the league my kids play in. It is completely wrong and the mid divisions such as div 3 are the worse. It is real for many.

Not associated with basketball, but when I was playing another sport, one of my team mates had a perfect run down the boundary until one of the opposition mothers put out her umbrella and tripped him up.

Yes, we were playing against Port Adelaide.

Making noise as a player shoots it is part of the game especially in the professional leagues. At one stadium an umpire gives tech fouls for any noise made which is ridiculous.

King James we are talking 10 11 year olds and wonder why there are so many youth issues. It is not teaching them to worked hard, defend well and use your skills and when you have honed them, then may be you have the right to distract. It just teaches to be disrespectful to others and invading and harassing is okay. certainly when they are older and skilled up sure go for it and if someone takes you out in the carpark or you get kicked off of a team for rubbish behaviour then fine, but teaching and allowing kids to perpetrate this behaviours and telling others that it is acceptable, like it or join in is completely sending the wrong message. We as a basketball community have a social responsibility to utilise basketball for more than just winning at all costs. We are promoting a fit, healthy lifestyle and teamwork and teaching that a loss is okay as long as you have done your best and put in the work and a win is earned and deserved. If you think this isn't happening then you are not watching. These kids who behave this way on court are highly likely to think this is normal and acceptable and take the risk to try things off court until they get caught or the consequences are dire.

The blowing thread was locked because the OP's girlfriend told him to stop complaining about the ref and quit the thread. That's a funny enough reason for me.

Hey Jack Toft it sounds like that mother 'rained on his parade'!!

Hehe

Remember Warwick Giddey had his pants pulled down on an inbound pass down in Tassie....

@ Orbit, good one!

it was pretty funny when it happened.

I always liked the one where a young defender rock solid and both arms straight up slows the offensive play. The offensive player slower, fatter, older with both hands firmly on the ball puts his elbows out and starts swivelling with left foot planted. Defender stands tall with head still and arms extended straight up to stop a shot.

Offensive player bends right knee as he swings to the right. As he swivels back to the left he pushes up with his right leg and braces both hands on the ball hard. Right elbow takes a perfect arc and collects defender's jaw. Knocks defender out and loosens teeth.

Umpire calls foul on defender saying he put his head in the way. Nothing unsportsmanlike - pure assault

That's church ball

what?

In Under 14s this season I had an opposition who would jump and clap in the eyes of my players when they were just about to release a lay-up. Refs wouldn't do anything.

I have found during this years finals it was a case of challenging the referees to control the game - this would rely heavily on a teenagers confidence to manage the game / adults - usually they just let it all go.

The teams that challenged the refs to take control usually won as it was clearly a case of get away with what you can.

Most refs just happy to let the game roll on and move onto the next one and if anyone spoke to the refs it was punished and it was clear any feedback was not welcome.

No one has an issue with calling shot, help, ball etc that is relevant, it is the deliberate elbows, punch, underhanded verbal abuse such as f off and dirty plays that occur in the junior junior grades.

Anon #549979 I have no idea what you are trying to say?

Bear- intentional vicious elbow to chin by a thug.

Definitely unsportsmanlike behaviour then.