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Old Fri Nov 19, 2004, 11:46am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dan_ref

"raise arm (whichever one is closer to the table)"

doesn't seem consistent with

"I count and chop with the same arm -- the one away from the shooter."

Does it?


[Edited by Dan_ref on Nov 19th, 2004 at 11:22 AM]
Part of the problem is the term "away from the shooter."

I used that term in a class. Then we went out and practiced. One official kept using the "wrong" arm. He insisted that the arm he was using was "farther away from the shooter" because it was closer to the sideline (than the other arm).

So, now I use "the arm closer to the table" or "the arm closer to the division line." Not as much confusion (at least on this point).

(If, from T's perspective (two-person; C's perspective, 3-person), the shooter is at the right end of the court, T will count and raise the left arm; if the shoooter is at the left end, count and raise with the right arm.)

In any event, use the same arm -- not both arms as someone posted.
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