Tue Aug 03, 2004, 02:03pm
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by zebraman
Communication
I can think of lot's of reasons, but mainly for my partners. If they're doing they're job, they weren't watching my primary.
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They're not officiating your primary, but they see that the ball is there and you had a foul on a drive to the basket. If you don't come out with a PC signal, they also know that you're shooting FTs. That's really all they need to know, or probably care to know. You really think your partner cares if it's a push or a block?
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It often matters to the coaches. "Hey ref, what did your partner just call, it looked clean to me?"
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"Coach, he got a lot better look at it than we did. I'm sure he'll tell you exactly what he had."
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At NFHS state tournaments, there is often a very, very fine line between the ability of officials. An official who fails to give a preliminary signal every time, might just give one of the evaluators a reason to make a delineation between two very good officials.
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Well, since I've worked the state tournament exactly once in the 7 seasons that I've worked a full HS varsity schedule and the 3 seasons that I've worked a full college varsity schedule, I could give a flying fig about what the observers think. B/c they're not observing me!
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Here's a picture of Chuck giving his big "BLOCK!!!" prelim signal:
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