See, it’s not about punishing the eager spirit—the rule is to stop anyone gaining a flash of advantage. Under 0.100 seconds, they’ve anticipated the gun, not reacted to it.
But as a coach in a school where we share one old starter pistol? We celebrate the flinch, bhai. That raw jump in their eyes is the same as my first tabla beat—it’s life.
So I tell them, listen for the whole note, not just the crack.
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