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Old Tue Jul 01, 2008, 06:05pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Agree....fwiw.

You should know all the basic rules i.e. the most common violations and fouls...and how to apply those rules. What you shouldn't do when you're starting out is waste time over the once-every-30-years plays that we spend so much time lovingly discussing here.
Agreed...gotta know the rules that happen every game or at least a few times a season. Forget the once-in-a-lifetime stuff until you've got the rest down. Then come back to those as a way do more deeply understand the more basic rules.
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