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Originally posted by Kelly Kinghorn
Bob and Dan_Ref--
I don't disagree with what you have said, I am telling everyone what I have been instructed. It is true that the shot clock may be different, but the vast majority of the time, the clocks will start together. Richard Ogg gives good advice...check the clock before you blow your whistle. IMO, if someone is consistantly calling violations with a number higher than 25 on the shot clock, that someone will not have a job very long. I know that the rule book sides with doing this occasionally, but doing it very much is going to cause you and your assignor grief. Assignors, in my experience, are looking to minimize grief in their lives.
As to a player getting clobbered while you are looking at the shot clock...if it takes you that long to located and asertain the needed information from the clock, perhaps you are not ready to officiate games with a shot clock. Stay with the play first.
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I understand exactly what you're saying & I do agree that
if you find yourself consistently "outcounting"
the shot clock then you will get a phone call from your
assignor. And you deserve whatever he says to you.
But I think most, if not all of us do know
how to count to 10 accurately and more often than not we
end up screwing the defense if we wait for the shot clock
to wind down to 25. But if your assignor tells you to wait
for 25 then you've got to do it (or find another assignor).
And I also agree that you can usually see the shot clock &
the players but god help us the first time we miss one
because the clock's not where we expect it or we're at a
funny angle.
So, how many out there are told to verify their backcourt
count with the shot clock? I am told *not* to do this,
although I'll admit I notice if the clock is not close
to 25 when I blow the whistle.