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I can’t think of ANY level of basketball (pro, college, high school, club league) where people not associated with the team are allowed to sit with the team.Just to be safe, I looked up the answer!NBA: “The bench shall be occupied only by a league-approved head coach, a maximum of three assistant coaches, players and trainer.”[1]NCAA: I cannot find a set rule defining who may sit on the bench via NCAA rules, but the rulebook makes many references to “team personnel”, which would seem to limit it to coaches, players and trainers.[2] Although it does appear the NCAA can grant waivers. [3]High school: I never can find the high school basketball rules online, but I do know that teachers are generally removed from the bench area, so I would say that this is a rule, though it may be selectively enforced.Club: rules for leagues are going to be league-by-league, but I know the bulk of the leagues I’ve been involved in have a 2-adult-per-team rule, though, again, it’s selectively enforced.Footnotes[1] RULE NO. 3-PLAYERS, SUBSTITUTES AND COACHES[2] http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/resources/sid/Rule%20Books/BASKETR.pdf[3] NCAA grants waiver, allows Josh Speidel to sit on Vermont basketball bench

The idea that I’d even be aware of such a thing would astound me. My obliviousness of such matters was deep. I considered that I was doing a good job if I managed to remember basics: their names, how many of them I had, etc.I had three overlapping teenagers, twelve years of that ordeal. The teen years vaguely blur together into: major issues of transportation; feeding them; filling out financial aid forms; driving them place to place; filling out various waivers for sports activities; making meals for them; picking them up and dropping them off at sports events, dances, parties; being exposed to various noises that they seemed to think were music; buying infinite quantities of food that disappeared faster than can be explained by normal human consumption; and travel arrangements.My awareness of clothing mainly focused on issues such as: “Oh my, is that how much cleats cost?” “Oh dear, is that how much basketball shoes cost?” “How does he manage to go through so many pairs of sports shoes?” “How did I raise a fan of the Carolina Panthers?” “What do they mean by the term ‘hipster clothes’?” “What is bling, and is it the same as bling-bling?”If I had found my 16 year old son sleeping, holding a girlfriend’s sweatshirt, I would have counted it a brief moment of peace, quiet, and sanity — something actually comprehensible — in a world otherwise gone mad.Then it would be over. I’d wake him up and drive him to his music lesson or something, as he asked me for something else to eat.

There’s definitely abuse going on here, but it’s not coming from his coach; it’s coming from you.When your son joined his school’s basketball team, he (and you, since you probably had to sign a consent form and/or waiver) agreed to certain conditions that would allow him to play (i.e. maintaining a certain grade-point average; agreeing to attend practices; following his coach’s instructions to avoid injuring himself, his teammates, or his opponents; that there would be rules that needed to followed for the benefit of the team; and agreeing to accept “punishment” for breaking those rules).Your son chose to violate those rules, and because of it, he was given a “punishment”. (And honey, if you believe that fifteen push-ups count as abuse, I’ve got a sweet deal from a Nigerian prince who will give you millions of dollars if you respond to his email ASAP.)To play a team sport means that each player has to be willing to put his team’s needs above his own. That’s called learning sportsmanship.To continue as a member of a team, your son will likely need to maintain a certain grade-point average. That’s called learning responsibility.To continue “fooling around” at practice can be both distracting to other players, and dangerous (depending on what your son characterizes as “fooling around”). so the coach gave him a penalty for it. That’s called learning that actions have consequences.Even if you provide your son with a wonderful home, plenty of good nutritious food, give him everything that his little heart desires, but fail to instill in him these three basic values — along with a fuckton more — you’re the one who’s guilty of abuse, not the coach. You’re failing your son by not teaching him the life lessons he so obviously needs. You’re not preparing him to face, overcome and persevere through the harsh lessons he’ll face when he goes to college and eventually encounters as an adult.And you’re the one who’ll have to shoulder the knowledge that you failed him as a parent.