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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
I'm okay with using it after a legal backcourt recovery (no, coach, your team tipped the ball - no violation), but my pet peeve is when the ball is bouncing around in the BC, and the official gives the tip signal. The players should be smart enough to be aware of what just happened, or should have to take the chance of getting a violation. (You didn't see a tip/no-tip signal on the fumbled punt in the Orange Bowl, did you?)
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Good point.
If you're going to use the tip signal* to clarify an over&back violation do wait until someone touches the ball in the backcourt.
* Dear MTD, it's not a foul tip signal - while basketball does have fouls it does not have foul tips. This is something 99.9938572% of the population understand so there's generally no confusion. Similarly, when I put up 1 finger to designate the number of FTs very very few people think I'm saying there is 1 out.