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Old Thu Apr 03, 2003, 08:12am
Mark Dexter Mark Dexter is offline
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Re: Re: The Officials or the Game

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Originally posted by rainmaker

This is also a great way to learn to watch off ball. Choose a play where the foul is called off-ball. It's SO hard at first to look away, but it gets easier. When you've seen a play on ball two or three tiems, you can finally "afford" to look off ball. You can learn this skill off-season, which speeds up your advancement a little bit.
Great tip - I'll have to try it at some point.


Sometimes, though, I feel like I'm at the opposite extreme - during a game that I'm timing/scoring, I have to force myself to look on ball. Has anyone else noticed this happening to them when watching a game?
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