Ending the year with a flagrant T

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Originally posted by firedoc
Here is another tip I got from a very experienced official ...when issuing a T never walk over to the table immediately to report it.

Good addition. Let me add a little more.

We were taught, but sad to say seldom used, to walk to the back reporting box and report the T from there. At the same time meet your partner or a partner in the box. . Tell him/her the situation all-the-while keeping an eye out for trouble. Let the partner go to the table to see that everything is OK with the book. You go opposite the table and let the partner get the ball to you. In this way you are out of the line of fire of the coach.