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Originally posted by deecee
Iwouldnt have ANY counts since it wont matter so I wont be counting anything -- i would be focused on the last shot depending on my position and lookingn for contact and release point and horn.
There are much more important things IMO to be focusing on with under 3 seconds than any count (all of which are irrelevant --
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Having a count is how you prevent my scenaria from being a major disaster. There's NOTHING more important than the clock, especially in those last few seconds of a tie game. If you are in the habit of counting from the time the ball comes in until you glance up to see that the clock is running, you have one more strength as a referee. If you are discounting (pun!!) the importance of the clock, you are losing a certain amount of control. My question isn't whether you should be counting, it's what to do with the count when the clock isn't running correctly.