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Originally Posted by rsl
I have a similar problem in a rec gym I work at. It has a single clock at one end, and some of the players started routinely counting down the WRONG time when the other team had the ball at the end of a period. They did this on purpose to get the opponent to rush the shot by counting ahead, or to get the clock to expire before a shot by counting behind.
Since I ref here every week, I banned all counting down by coaches or players as unsporting. They all complied and I never had to T anyone. I still occasionally have a coach forget and count to help his own team, but unless the count is incorrect, I let it go.
The fans still count (I can't T them), but the fans always count correctly to help their own team. I haven't had any unsporting fans with intentionally wrong counts yet.
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Why not just ban counting by the opposing team, or just tell them if you think they're trying to deceive the other team you'll call the T? You've got rules backing for that (not that it's overly important in rec ball, but still.)