Checking the Book
 

What do you do when you "check the book"?

Depends on whether or not the scorekeeper is a hot teacher or not.

I check the number of players, the starters and make sure I cannot see any duplicate numbers.

Peace

Ditto. But, I have to admit I'm not really good at doing the last of those.

I did not say I was successful at that one. But I do try. :D

Peace

Easy Peasey Lemon Squezzy ...
 

I make sure that there aren't more players warming up than there are in the book, and that the starters have been noted. I also look for illegal numbers, and duplicate numbers. Finally I make sure that my name, and my partner's name, are written in the book.

What if there are more warming up than in the book?

Check with the coach and see if the numbers they have listed are correct. Not much else you can do until the a player comes into the game that is not listed.

Peace

The most important thing is, I make sure the number of players in the book is not less than the number of players on the floor. If there are more in the book than warming up, no harm done. I'll glance at numbers, because every so often, something funky shows up (like numbers 6-9, a few weeks ago).

When I first started working basketball, which wasn't all that long ago, I was taught that you count the players on your end of the court and let the R know so he can compare that number to what is in the book. Then the R can look at the number of players on the roster, starters, duplicate numbers, etc. I mentioned this in another thread, but a majority of guys I work with now simply pick the book up and have each coach check it and don't count players or anything. I don't really care for this approach because even if the coach checks the book, he is not responsible for the scorer copying names and numbers correctly.

I count the players, then make sure there are at least as many names in the book as players on the floor for each team.

Then I draw a line under the last name (if there's less than 15) to make sure there aren't any additions made, and I initial that line.

Then I sign the book.

Have the official scorer check the roster that was given to her, as happened in my first game of the season. As soon as she saw the V book, she said she screwed up in transcribing the names. She fixed it, and we moved on.

Great minds almost think completely alike.

Yeah, I do it that way because it's expected here. I don't see the point, personally.

Lemme ask, do you "Z" it out, like on a 1297?

Required for us.