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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sense many coaches don’t understand the rules, especially when it is nuanced.  For example, in soccer there are very specific rules on how refs should deal with injured players.  Most coaches, parents, and players don’t understand these rules and they end up screaming at refs as a result.[/quote]

The angriest that I've ever seen my DD's coach is when the ref wouldn't stop play after two player collided going for a header. It's the only time I ever saw him go after a ref[/quote]

Why should a referee stop play in that case? Were there obvious injuries? I assume collisions are commonplace when competing for headers?

In softball, I'll only kill a play when there's a obvious medical emergency type injury -- like a pitcher takes a line drive to the face and a nose explodes in blood or something (yes, I've seen it happen -- which is why I'm a big proponent of fielders' masks). But the run-of-the-mill girl takes a hard grounder off her shin, I'll allow time when the play is over but I'm not killing a play prematurely.[/quote]

When kids collide heads and are on the ground? Any league sanctioned by us soccer is supposed to stop play for possible head injuries [/quote]

PP only said "collide" not "knock heads." [/quote]

PP said "collided going for a header." I think the implication was pretty clear.[/quote]

It wasn’t. Next question.[/quote]

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