POCKETS

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Originally posted by Bart Tyson
Larks, that's funny about the real time. Way back when, when i did rec. ball, I was never concern about the other courts. However, i did teach the tweaking of the clock to the score keeper/clock operator. Now we only did it with one sided games. Only a few times. Of course some of the clock operators already knew how to do it.

I can appreciate the clock tweaking mechanic. When I was in college, I had a part time job as bookkeeper and clock operator for an adult rec league. I was the king of the clock tweak. I could run a good 20 or 30 seconds off the clock and nobody was the wiser. I did this for 3 years and never got busted on it. The key to it is to pick your spots. Distraction techniques such as asking the officials for a clarification work well.