Announce as if I have a mic. I have done this for years. On my regular crew I am not the Referee anymore, but my current Referee does the very same thing. In my opinion is slows your signals down and it is good practice for when you do get a mic for real.
I did one time work a TV game where for some reason I was never given a mic before the game. My first penalty I came to a stop and the commentators ranted for about 2 minutes about how good my signals were and that they have not seen an Referee all season come to a complete stop.
I was sold on the practice after seeing the tape if I was not before.
Peace
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Let us get into "Good Trouble."
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Charles Michael “Mick” Chambers (1947-2010)
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