[jritchie]

raised hand has been put back in for college level..although most are still not doing it, i'm pretty sure they are supposed to be!! i think it is just a COSMETIC THING for the assignors though, i guess guys were getting to cute with there performances..haha....it is an important signal for the time keepers, they need to be instructed/reminded before the games that they need to start on the chop and nothing else....less problems that way

as far as the held ball, No open hand first, just straight up with both thumbs, is i believe to allow the refs to run in as they are doing it and get in a little quicker to break the players up possibly fighting over the ball on the floor... i think they said every second counts when they are in a situation like that....so in the time it takes to raise the one arm and look around for a second, then call held ball, we could of had 2 or 3 elbows thrown or whatever else can happen in a pile like that... it's just to allow us to get in there quicker.... or that is what i have heard from some of the head clinicians!!!! what do you think??

[Edited by jritchie on Jan 7th, 2005 at 02:00 PM]