[Back In The Saddle]

Had a 9th grade girls game earlier this year where I decided to "sell" a pc foul at the table by demonstrating the player's excellent technique for pushing off with the forearm. Both coaches bought it, everybody is happy, I headed off to my new position. Then the table starts buzzing about shooting a 1 and 1. I had to go back and explain to the table that it was a PC and we would not be shooting. Later in the game, my partner does something similar only this time we end up erroneously shooting a 1 and 1 for a PC foul. Bottom line, the PC signal may not communicate the nature of the foul, but not using it may lead to a communication breakdown over the result of the foul.