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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Tom, at the HS and college level, we're told NOT to vocalize at the table. Just give the signal. If you want to vocalize "BLOCK" or "handcheck" when you blow the whistle, that's fine. But all that's required at the table is a signal.
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By "we" are you talking about people in Mass? I have NEVER heard that, including the camp we both attended last summer. The only thing that comes to mind is "huh?" because this one is totally new to me. I would have thought someone at Mickey's camp would have said something to me about it if that is the preference. In all my other camps on the east and west coast, it has always been the preference to verbalize at the table.
Upon further review, I say no this isn't correct. Surely, someone I've worked with and in front of would have said, "Tom, don't verbalize at the table." In all the thousands of dicussions I've had with other officials, nobody has ever said an assigner, clinician or supervisor told them to NOT verbalize at the table. It simply would have come up sometime over the years. I'm not saying I don't listen to what a high school assigner would tell me to do but...
As far as college assignors and evaluators, this is clearly a regional/local preference which does not carry over to larger conferences and camps. That, I'm sure of.
[Edited by tomegun on Mar 8th, 2006 at 02:30 PM]