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Old Wed Sep 24, 2008, 10:59am
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Originally Posted by Andy View Post
This thread also reminds me of a really anal (my opinion only) official in my area. He refuses to say the word "for" when reporting subs. His reasoning is that a scorekeeper could get confused and think he is saying the number "four" and make a mistake. He will say " 9 replaces 16" or "sub 9, pause, 16". A bit over the top in my opinion, but if it works for him......
For what it's worth, both of his techniques are ones that I've heard USAV National Rating Team members recommend that R2's do.

I do the one with the pause. Never had a problem with it. If I say "for ten," I used to have people think I was saying "fourteen." No such problems since I switched.

As always, your mileage may vary.
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