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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by zebraman
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
the reason the double foul is not called very often is that one of the fouls is ususally clearly first.
A double foul is almost never an isolated event.
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If you are calling a double foul very often, you're missing what instigated the rough play. However, once in a great while, a double foul can be your best friend.
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I agree with you Z. That's why I worded my post as I did. Sometimes you need it, and that's why it's in the book. But the reason it's not called very often is that it's not needed very often if we grab the first one. Even in a game like Juulie's, where the rough stuff seems to spring up suddenly, as soon as we're aware of it, we need to get that first one on each end.
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You know, I had another double foul last night. I was thinking about it on the way home, and I realized that both last night and the night before, these were situations where my partner should have gotten the "first one" but was ball-watching instead of keeping her or his area well-managed. So I'll back down a little on percentages, perhpas it's necessary less often then I originilly implied. Even so, the double foul has it's uses and can be very valuable in the proper place.