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Old Thu Aug 18, 2011, 08:12pm
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells View Post
Nevada, why have them run backwards?
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
and why have them run 1.5 miles? That seems to have almost nothing to do with basketball officiating.
Guys, I was responding to bainsey's post about his SOCCER fitness test.
I already posted what our basketball association does in an earlier post. This one pertained to my soccer group.

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Originally Posted by bainsey View Post
I believe Nevada is talking about a soccer fitness test, not basketball. (Correct me if I'm wrong, Silver.)

In soccer, we do run backwards sometimes. I know the basketball mentality is that running backwards doesn't look good (especially when I caught my heel and crashed near the bleachers last winter), but it's a necessity in soccer, particularly when you're working a two-man crew, and you find yourself 10-20 yards from your touchline (sideline).

While we don't have a fitness test for our basketball board, we are required every year to submit our time of a 1.5 mile run.
Correct. And my time was 11:07.
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