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Old Wed Dec 31, 2003, 09:32am
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Quote:
Originally posted by davidw
Best advice I’ve received regarding correctable errors:

SLOW DOWN! If something seems wrong, it probably is. Ask questions of your partner and/or scorers/timekeepers if uncertain.

Applying this in this situation, since you noted the 6 team fouls and no change to 7 when you reported the new foul and the scorers response ‘didn’t seem right’, you would have SLOWED DOWN and said to yourself: “something doesn’t seem right” – gone to the bench and asked questions and caught the error before it became a ‘correctable error’ situation.

Similarly, I have been advised that when you have to ask a question of the table, frame it such that it requires a specific answer. In this situation rather than "are we in 1-1?" I am now in habit of asking "how many team fouls on B?". This eliminates the head nod/shake as an answer and requires scorer to look, count and answer specifically.
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