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I've really experimented with this one the last couple of years. I used to do like JR except the hand pointing the new direction was not a fist but and open hand.
Last year early in the season I tried to use the procedure as outlined in the manual--3 seperate signals all with the same hand.
What I found was in the process of doing that I generated more negative response from players, coaches and fans as they saw the foul call and then over the course of the rest of the signally mechanic, realized it was going to be a PC. The time delay seemed to generate the additional neg. responses.
Noticing this I went back to my old format. One hand behind head and other one pointing the direction and because of my diminutive stature, I would usually take a step or two onto the court while doing this. It might seem strange, but I found once I went back to that, there were fewer people going crazy. I think it is because the quicker signaling leaves less time for confusion, less confusion, less controversy. Anyone else notice anything like this?
Anyway, my observations.
[Edited by davidw on Dec 11th, 2003 at 02:08 PM]
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