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Old Tue Sep 07, 2004, 09:26am
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Originally posted by eventnyc
We just completed our first scrimmage over the weekend. I am at a new position "Umpire," and was told that most of the time coaches do not yell at you. I guess there too far away! Being new to the position, my referee properly instructed me to move up to the line of scrimmage after reading a pass play. He also told me to drop a BEANBAG at the spot of a forward pass when I was not sure if the quarterback had passed the LOS. I'm sure this is the norm, however, I just wanted to mention it since schmitty1973 was dropping a flag. It's easier to pick up a beanbag than a flag. I questioned the WH about the lateness of then having to throw a flag (when we determined that the pass was beyond the LOS) and he explained that the beanbag would bail us out!
The beanbag technique is but one technique. Our association teaches and uses the "flag technique" because it is easier to wave off a flag than to come back 5 minutes later and throw a flag for illegal forward pass.
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