Scorekeeping/APOB

Drew

I am doing the scorekeeping for a youth basketball league and the score sheets have a field titled "APOB". I have no clue what this stands for. Any ideas?

Bad Zebra

A guess on my part (I've worked a clock but never a book)...Alternating Posession, Out of Bounds? A space on the sheet for you to keep track of who has the next alternating posession.

Mark Padgett

No, it's to keep track of how many times a player "Aggressively Pounds On Backboard". 🙂

BillyMac

Mark Padgett wrote
No, it's to keep track of how many times a player "Aggressively Pounds On Backboard".

That's right, it's a NFHS Point of Emphasis this season. You know what they say, "Always listen to mark". At least they say something like that.

Mark Padgett

I knew a scorekeeper who would make a check mark next to APOB every time he saw "A Pretty Old Broad" in the stands. I asked him if he meant a broad who was pretty old or an old broad who was pretty and he said it was the latter. 😛

mbyron

Mark Padgett wrote
I knew a scorekeeper who would make a check mark next to APOB every time he saw "A Pretty Old Broad" in the stands. I asked him if he meant a broad who was pretty old or an old broad who was pretty and he said it was the latter. :p

Proper punctuation solves this issue: a pretty old broad vs. a pretty, old broad (respectively). 😛

If you'd like to learn how to speak your punctuation, please consult Victor Borge.

fullor30

Drew wrote
I am doing the scorekeeping for a youth basketball league and the score sheets have a field titled "APOB". I have no clue what this stands for. Any ideas?

Always Pay Officials Beforehand.

mbyron

mbyron wrote
If you'd like to learn how to speak your punctuation, please consult Victor Borge.

Link. 🙂

Amesman

... consulting Victor Borge ...

mbyron wrote
Link. 🙂

Lord, Byron, thanks for another classic