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Old Wed Dec 07, 2022, 01:34pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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A Bowling Alley ...

Love the atmosphere of the gym (for a middle school game).

Small, but vocal, crowd. Exuberant cheerleaders. Beautiful parquet floor. Seems clean and well-lit. Like the American flag and banners on the walls. Table on the stage is quaint.

I would officiate a game in this gym in a heartbeat.

Used to officiate in a similar gym for Catholic middle school games. Gym looked like a bowling alley. Same exact intersection between three point arc and sideline as the video.

Big difference was that my gym had no space "behind" the sidelines, sideline boundaries were just a half-inch away from the side walls. Inbounding players couldn't stand completely out of bounds (we used a broken line marked on the court parallel with and three feet inside sideline boundary). Teams sat on benches on the endlines on opposite ends of the court, home bench near the table, also on the endline. Had to watch both ends for substitutes. Bleachers for fans on one end of the gym, a few folding chairs for fans on the other end of the gym.

Hate the illegal undershirts in the video. Boys game, easy to tell them to take off the illegal undershirts. I won't even watch them if they take off the illegal undershirts at the benches. Yeah, I'm a rebel.
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