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Originally Posted by ilyazhito
I do say color, number, and type of foul to verbally inform the offender that he fouled. If he asks for an explanation, I give it quickly. If not, he knows what he has done wrong. By the book, I am only required to inform the offender that he has fouled (and the preliminary signal explains the type of foul?), but my style is Manual+. By Manual+, I do what is required in the mechanics manual, with necessary additions to clarify the situation, emphatic signals to sell calls (especially on PC/TC fouls, when a score might be cancelled), and explanations if needed.
About the OP, if the official had used the proper "player control foul" signal, which in NCAA (the CCA men's manual) is grabbing the head (like NFHS) and a punch to indicate the direction, then there would be no confusion, as had happened with only the punch (some officials use a downward punch to indicate "score the goal", instead of the signal shown in the NFHS and CCA men's manual). This is why proper mechanics matter: Improper mechanics can confuse observers.
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Clinicians at college camps will not give a damn that you show a prelim on every foul, that you verbalize the offender at the spot on every foul you call, or that you otherwise follow the manual to a T. If you do all that crap you will look like a rookie and you will not get hired, and when you go back the next year to try out again they WILL remember and you'll already have a strike against you.
You don't have to listen to anyone on this forum. But don't come crying to us when you can't get to the varsity level, or the college level, or beyond because the only guidance you follow is "the manual."