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Originally Posted by ikestoys
Yeah, I don't know how it would work in a basketball game, can the boys defend the girls at all?
I like the coed stuff because it's way more fun and social, which is a stark contrast from all of my other soccer experience.
Yes, they can. And what you get is that the good teams effectively rig the rules to minimize how many girls they play or actually have a (yes, "a", just 1) girl playing. so the "co-ed" turns into "let's actually have 4 pretty damn good players and hope they get matched on girls".
it's just silly. one time a girl set a pick on me, I didn't see her and just ran right over her. Meant no harm, no one called it out and I was chasing hard to defend well. I got called for a technical, play stopped, the ref warned me (LOL), etc. I mean, it was just bizarre, this is for a play that wouldn't even be stopped for a whistle in a normal game, much less cause a big on-court controversy.
you have to basically baby it constantly and watch your levels of aggression, they certainly get benefits of the whistle everywhere, you have the men competing at different levels bc they're unsure how hard they're "supposed" to play, etc.
for a physical game like basktball, it just doesn't work. soccer is pretty physical (although not as much) so I don't see how it works, either.
something like baseball works bc it's no contact.