[IAABO_Ref]

Here’s what I do, It works for me and saved me a couple T’s to start the game.

Walk out at 15:00 mark count players and so on.

I go to the table at about the 12:00 mark. I check the book make sure I don’t have less then the counted number or players for both teams take a quick look at the numbers and glance up to make sure a couple match (I work games with some officials to will pickup the book and look at each number) and starters. If something is wrong or missing I’ll bring it to the coach. Then I talk with the table people. I do the intro deal and then tell them some things that will help make things to smooth and help us (the officials) too. Then I talk with the timer about helping us out with subs and holding the horn until we are ready and able to deal with subs. Then I ask if they have any questions. By then the clock is under 10:00 so the book I checked is now written in stone.

At the 5:00-4:00 mark my partner and I will go to our respective coaches and do the into thing again and ask for coaches and captions.

1:30 mark drop the jackets and get ready to work