An Experiment

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by grunewar

When I first started I had a senior official tell me that every now and then when there's no pressure in the backcourt to take a peak at the clock as you're counting to get a feel for what the right timing speed should be. I still do it every now and again and it has helped me keep a pretty steady count. Not that it's perfect of course.....

Why not just flick the wrist for a minute before the game starts? That way, you can actually pay attention to the game during the game.

[just another ref]

Many years ago, in a boys JH tournament final, team A inbounding under its own basket. Clock reads 7.4 seconds. Big guy for A plants himself right in the middle of the lane calling for the ball. Pass isn't there, ball goes to the wing instead. He holds his position, still calling for it. I call the violation. Coach reacts violently, "What?? We didn't......He didn't......" Then he looks at the clock, and says....not another word.

Clock read 4.2.