counts?

[bard]

Originally posted by paulis
Dan has the information correct. My comments had nothing to do with counting out loud. Dont we give plenty of help throughout the game? "Hands off", "Out of the Lane", "Yes, you get a new 10 second count". Sure makes the game much easier to officiate.

I don't see these situations as the same. If the player were asking, "Can I push this guy this hard and not get a foul? How about if I push him this hard?!?"

I see no problem with helping a player understand the rules in place in a given situation, and even offering "Hands off" advice to maintain the flow of the game. While this area is a little gray, I see a player asking me where he is in a count as asking me to count out loud and give him an advantage. The rules state that the count is to be silent.

To put this in context--if, on a 10 second count, the player asks "Where is the count?" Are you going to say, "I'm at 8 seconds."? By the time you finish saying it, you're probably at 10 or you missed chopping off the next second because you were distracted by the question. Most likely, you would just start saying your count out loud, "8...9...10." So I see this situation as counting out loud.