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Originally posted by Junker
I was taught (as many were) to concentrate on mechanics early and keep using them. I'm a firm believer in using the fist or the open hand to stop the clock. Going straight to the mechanic can cause problems. Last week there was a thread stating that there were 3 blarges called in NCAA DI games. If the proper mechanic of stopping the clock with a fist were used, these calls shouldn't happen. The NCAA guys are great officials and I have tons of respect for them, but I'd like to see the fist and open hand used more.
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I do not think that the blarges are not a direct result of not using that mechanic. Blarges happen because officials are in a hurry and not paying attention to there fellow officials. I have worked HS games where both me and my partner used the stop clock signal and still called two different things. Some of this is also happens because officials are not following a set procedure to prevent this from happening. For example who gets the call when a player dribbles to the basket?
Peace