Correctable timing issue?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Reference, please.

I just gave it 5-10-2.

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Because if I'm counting (even unofficially), I'm using that count.

Good luck with that. In my opinion, you are asking for trouble. Someone is going to challenge that you really had a mental count.

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Play: A inbounds into the FC with 20 seconds remaining. A1 holds the ball near the division line for the last shot, with no defensive pressure. Official keeps a mental count. After 6 seconds, someone shouts, "the clock didn't start." Official notices the clock is still at 20 and blows the whistle.

You wouldn't set it to 14?

Nope. I wouldn't move the clock without a visible count. If I saw that the clock wasn't running and didn't wish to immediately stop play, I'd start a visible count.