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		| Originally posted by BktBallRef Raising the hand to stop the clock is not so much for the timer as it is for the coach, players and your partners.  And I agree that it gives you an opprtunity to "think."
 
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 In the "good old days", when we were reporting a foul, we were taught to first stop the clock with an open hand, then change the open hand to a fist.