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Correctable Errors — and Refs who Know Them — Part IX
The grand finale

Other parts in this series:
  Correctable Errors -- and Refs Who Know Them — Part I — Laying the foundation: vocabulary and boundaries
  Correctable Errors -- and Refs Who Know Them — Part II — Let's do some more chewing on the Tough Beans...
  Correctable Errors -- and Refs Who Know Them — Part III — Adjusting the no-call?
  Correctable Errors -- and Refs Who Know Them — Part IV — Fixable mistakes
  Correctable Errors -- and Refs Who Know Them — Part V — Getting right down to the real nitty-gritty
  Correctable Errors -- and Refs Who Know Them — Part VI — Nittier and grittier
  Correctable Errors -- and Refs Who Know Them — Part VII — Round the last bend
  Correctable Errors -- and Refs who Know Them — Part VIII — Down the home stretch
  Correctable Errors -- and Refs who Know Them — Part IX — The grand finale

Here's my attempt at summarizing all the various angles of Correctable Errors into one memorizable article. Remember that these are just generalizations. They'll get you a long way toward understanding the situation fully, but they aren't the whole picture. Study these so you'll have them at your brain-tips for use on the court. But don't stop there. Use them to help you dig into the case book and official interps and really study all the different variables, the various definitions, the exceptions.

I'm going to review prevention measures first and then summarize the general categories of mistakes, then recall for you ways to handle things not listed as Correctable Errors, and wrap it up with a summary of Rule 2-10.

Prevention generalizations

  • Be aware of everything all the time — Awareness.
  • Be sure you and your partner are on the same page — Buddy work.
  • Continued...


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