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Old Mon Nov 06, 2017, 11:56pm
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref View Post
This is a good rule which the NCAA recently adopted. It has been an NBA rule for years. Unfortunately, the NFHS has yet to follow suit.
Agree....but until they do, the right thing to do is only take off what you know elapsed.

Remember, you don't have to be accurate or precise, just definite.

If you count like we all have playing back yard football, you have a pretty good mechanism.
One-Thou-sand-One, One-Thou-sand-Two, etc.

Each syllable is ~0.25 seconds. Get through 3, take of 0.7 or 0.8 seconds. Get to just one, take off 0.2. In the middle, split the difference. You'd be surprised how precise you can be with a simple technique.

Or, if you prefer....
One-Miss-i-ssipp-i, Two-Miss-i-ssipp-i, etc.
Where each syllable is 0.2.
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