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I don't carry a whistle, but keep the scorebook in Division III and post here occasionally. Is there anything you can share regarding what you tell table personnel or what you expect from the table personnel during pregame (or the game itself, for that matter)? For what it's worth, I usually work a doubleheader (women's game, then the men's game). I always appreciate input (even if you think it might be basic material that I already "know". Even a quick refresher course would be helpful regarding what you expect from table personnel).

Now that I'm thinking about basketball season, I made an incredibly stupid mistake last year in a D-III NCAA Tournament game that, while it ultimately didn't affect the game (it was corrected by other people at the table. I was the only one keeping a book. The other school didn't have someone keeping a book to save me, and the game, from my stupidity). Our coaches and other school personnel were cool about my error, telling me it didn't affect the outcome and not to worry about it. Regardless, it's been months, and I still ask myself how I could make such a mistake. It had to do with a running score mistake I made, which led to temporarily taking a point off the board. There's no real question to ask about that, I missed something and know I have to do better (as far as I know, I'll still be keeping the book here. No one's told me otherwise.) I'm just checking in to see if anyone has anything they would like to share regarding working with the scorekeeper.