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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
I really can't add to the good advice that has been posted in this thread except to say, that nothing good ever happens when the ball is dead, so the quicker one can get the ball back into play the better.MTD, Sr.
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MTD, Sr.: I seldom disagree with you, however, in this case, I must. I wish that you would reword your statement, "the quicker one can get the ball back into play the better", because this is not necessarily true.
All correctable errors happen during dead ball periods, and many uncorrectable errors happen during these same dead ball periods as well, i.e. giving ball to wrong team for a throw in after a time out, giving the ball to the wrong team during an alternating possession throwin (sorry coach, you'll get two out of the next three), putting ball at the disposal of a player for a throwin while there are eleven players on the court, etc.
As Paul Simon wrote, "Slow down, you move too fast".