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Message: [QUOTE="ForCuseSake, post: 2132658, member: 266"] I coach youth lacrosse too. I refuse to ref any age level over 1st-2nd grade because of my experiences reffing town league games at that level. I had to stop a 1st-2nd grade game twice to tell a visiting loudmouth father to stop encouraging body checking because it's illegal at that level. His son was more interested in decking kids than picking up the ball. I told the offending player that his aggressiveness was great but his hits would also be illegal at the college level (he was hunting for opposing players with their heads down and blindsiding them). As I'm sure you're aware this is an age when each team has a coach on the field for instruction. After the second incident, I told the on field coach to teach his player that body checks won't be legal for another 6-7 years. He just laughed it off and said nothing. I had to send the offending player off the field (penalties aren't served at that level) and tell the bench coach to teach the kid the appropriate level of contact. Kid came back on the field and drilled another player within 15 seconds of re-entering the game. Sent him back off again and told him and the bench coach that if he hit anyone else he'd sit for the rest of the game. He did in the second half and I ejected him. I thought there was going to be a brawl between grateful parents of the home team and irate parents of the visiting team. These were 1st & 2nd graders. Needless to say this incident (and others) have made me second guess how much emphasis I'll place on youth sports when my kids are old enough to participate. Youth sports culture is awful. I'd love to have my kids play the same sports I did. I'm really starting to question the value because their sports experience will be so vastly different from mine. [/QUOTE]

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