[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

The consensus around here was that the change and the reason provided for the change made no sense. We stayed with the held ball signal.

Before, you actually knew if your partner across the court had a held-ball like you or some other call. If you both came up with held ball, you knew exactly where to go next.

Now, you have no idea. Does your partner have a held ball, a violation, or a timeout??? You don't know until you talk. At least with the held ball signal, you then could jump to the discussion of which came first.

The change fell right into the feeling that you were indecisive in your ruling (before the change). That is what we used to say if you had to give the open hand signal and come up with a held ball.

Peace