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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Again you fail to listen to what people say here.
Not everyone uses that book or even knows it exists. The only people that consistently know it exists are officials that would get the book sent to them through their association or state organization. In my state, we do not even belong to the NF from an officiating point of view so what that book says means nothing to me or us in this state. We have Terms and Conditions that our state must follow and this has nothing to do with the NF and their standards. And things like when officials are to come onto the court and what is expected from game management. Also I am not talking about just varsity games, I am talking about those Saturday Morning games where the JV is playing or some Freshman B game is going on and often the people that run table are high school kids that often are paying more attention to their cell phone and texting than the game or what we are asking them to record. And that is the way it is as we do not tell them who can or who cannot work their table from a hiring point of view. And even if we get some adult, they are often not affiliated directly with the school, but are parents and they often are more worried about little Johnny or little Suzie is doing on the court than paying attention to us. Even with the best pre-games we often get the "Well I have been doing this for XX years and I know what I am doing." But the first situation comes up because they were not paying attention nor had no idea what things they were to keep track of. So please stop telling us what that stupid book says when I bet most states that even use that manual probably never distribute that to their schools for this kinds of duties and instructions.
And that is two more times than should be requested. Imagine some kid that wants to text his girlfriend or reading emails on their Smartphone than knowing when the clock starts properly.
It is hard enough that you admitted you had to reset the clock 2 a game and where I know every college game we have at least one clock issue and it involves the shot clock as well. And I learned long time ago how to pay attention to the game clock and how it relates to the shot clock and we still have problems. Sorry, I think HS needs to stay away from this, at least where I live. Too many schools and too many problems now, I do not want to add to that by using something that if incorrect could affect possessions to a team. Not even teams hold the ball and this is not much of an issue anyway.
Peace
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Well I am averaging twice a game at the college level to get simple mistakes like resetting the clock on a simply out of bounds or resetting the clock when the ball did not even hit the rim. And this is with partners that are very experience and probably go to more camps than the average official. Like BNR said, I would be terrified with all the HS officials that cannot concentrate hard enough to get the current rules right that are easier to follow.
Peace
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How often in your games do you have good rapport with the table personnel?
I maintain communication as timer to the shot clock to mention about ball being in play, ball off rim, change of team control, and other factors that do need to be considered for shot clock operations.
Those times when, as shot clock operator, I do err it is because of not having clear view of play or I saw something differently than what the floor officials saw however I immediately make the change requested.
It's a shame not everyone involved game management wise does not have a copy of the appendices of the Officials' Manual as those suggestions/recommendations have been helpful to me.