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Old Sun Dec 09, 2007, 08:33pm
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Originally Posted by texaspaul
Working a VG game this past week, just before halftime, I'm lead on 2man and there is about 5 seconds before the half. Team A has been looking for the last shot before the buzzer. They throw one in to the low post and she kicks it back out to the corner, then they throw to the top and Girl gets a 3 point shot off. I'm not really watching the action that closely, but She gets off a shot at the buzzer. It goes in and my partner counts the goal. I did not echo his signal.
That is good, as you know.

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Originally Posted by texaspaul
I give him my tip for last minute shots. I always use the finger snap. I snap my finger when the ball is clearly away. Makes it easier to determine when the horn sounded. works for me.
Interesting. I do believe that decisions based on the order of occurance of two events can be helped with something like a snap of the fingers - your brain can determine if it heard the snap before or after the horn. I might try this trick.
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