Coaches,

The results are in for our week 9 game play at https://www.iclsports.org/basketball/.

Coaches since this is our last game coming up this week, I would like to propose a great ideal by Mark Staples on our foul rule. Since there is not real repercussion for fouls in the league, here is the proposal “Make every foul in the act of shooting worth one point. If they make the shot it’s a three point play. If they miss they get a point but get to take the ball out. Keep track of all least team fouls. After 5,6 or 7 team fouls per half every foul results in a point plus the ball. No free throw shooting which would slow down the game too much but it penalizes teams for overly aggressive play.”

Hopefully this will help alleviate the need to foul but we also need to be aware of charging players trying to draw the foul.

I do believe this is a great fix for future fouls that would help players focus more on good playing practice rather than game play. If we do incorporate the rules we need to make sure all players on our teams are aware of the change. This will probably be a good change prior to playoffs.

Please let me know what you think at this Saturday’s game.

Take Care,

Benjamin