Practical Advice

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Originally Posted by BLS

Any of you veterans out there have any practical advice for a rookie? These may seem obvious for veterans, but not so obvious for a new guy.

For example, a couple things I picked up already:

- Have a needle with you for pregame in case you need to let air out of the game ball.

[QUOTE=Brad;548612]I have never done this in 13 years and have never felt the need to.


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I started carrying a needle several years ago and I am one of the few around my area who does this, but I use it all of the time and several of the "old timers" who know I carry one ask me to use it quite a bit (maybe 40%) of my games. Is it necessary? No. You can play with the ball they give you just fine. Does it help me to get the ball just the way we want it? You bet. Will I keep taking it on the court? Yes.