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Old Wed Jan 09, 2008, 11:38am
Nevadaref Nevadaref is offline
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Originally Posted by kbilla
I believe it is better to prepare yourself mentally for the scneario by thinking "ok with .4 left it is going to have to be a quick shot, no time for any other motion" than it is to just not plan for anything and whenever the horn comes it comes...you can't count to .4 so it doesn't do a whole lot of good to count in this scenario other than to say that if you get to 1 with your count then the shot definitely doesn't count...I am not saying that I waved the shot off solely based on my own criteria, the horn was right there...I guess the idea is that the "gather" means she loses the benefit of the doubt...
You are still trying to bring extra stuff into it. As you gain more experience, you will realize that just officiating the game per the rules is the best way to go.

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