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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
There is no such animal as IAABO mechanics.
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While that is technically true. . .
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If you look at your IAABO High School Handbook, you will see that the officials' manual that is contained it, is the NFHS Officials' Manual.
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This, at least in my Handbook, is
not true. This year, my handbook contains a hybrid of IAABO and FED mechanics. All the FED 2-whistle mechanics have been replaced with nifty E-Court diagrams (in color) and the cover page of my Officials' Manual says "IAABO" for 2004-2005, not NFHS for 2003-2005.
My Officials' Manual tells me that the correct positions for a 2-whistle crew during a full TO are: one official at midcourt, halfway between the circle and the sideline opposite the table, and the other official at the spot of the ensuing throw-in (pg. 60; and diagram, pg. 62).
That is
not the FED mechanic, (as I found out earler this season (from some folks here on the forum), and yet there it is in my IAABO Handbook.