Art of the technical foul

Depends on other factors such as score, time remaining, how well has your team been shooting/playing defense.

I have officiated high school basketball for six years, and it takes a lot for me to dish out a T. I think you have a bit of a point in having your team's back, however if you are the clearly inferior team, it usually is not a smart move. It can also be a momentum stopper too (in the wrong way).

emoney would you give a t for a kid laughing at a call? also, curious do you have to warn a fan before tossing them from a contest. my team was given 3 techs in 3 minutes. they called one on a girl after a foul was called on her, there was a foul but on another one of my girls. she said the foul should of been on the other girl. she got a tech. i feel referees throw them around too easy today

Technical fouls can change the momentum of a game...both ways. I have seen teams come together and even re-energize them after a T has been called against their coach, but then again, I've seen it cause teams to fall apart.

I've seen it from both sides...I've coached and I've officiated.

As a coach, I very seldom tried to get a T called on me, but at times it did wake up my team and they went out with a new vigor and their play improved. Then there were the other times which I'll admit I deserved "almost" all of them.

As a referee, I very seldom called technical fouls on coaches. The best official can block out the coach's nonsense. Most of the T's I called were on players, either for unsportsmanlike behavior against the officials while on the floor.