You keep track of timeouts how?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Do you keep the foul counts on the players, team fouls, and the score too? I've had far more situations where those were in dispute than the number of timeouts.

For the score, I look at the board after each basket is made to see that the points go up. On several occasions I've caught the points being placed on the wrong side.

For team fouls, I will not administer a throw-in or FT until the team foul has been posted on the board.

So for those two things, I have a very good idea that they are correct throughout the game.

I do the something similar with the AP arrow. Following each AP throw-in I look to ensure that it has been switched. If not, I hold up the game at the next stoppage and have it switched.

For individual fouls the best that I can do is to mentally track those for the top players. It is just an awareness thing, but I don't find it hard to know that the 6-11 guy has three fouls or that the stud forward or point guard has four. Of course, it helps if you have a PA announcer or if the scoreboard operator flashes the individual fouls on the board.

I make an effort, but I also know that at some point there is only so much you can do.