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Originally Posted by jkumpire
2. Thanks for the other uses for the call, I just have not seen it used in the scrimmages I had, but that may well be because we were concentrating on other mechanics in the preseason.
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You are just one person and I am just one person, but I have seen the single used several times in just in less than a week with the one scrimmage I attended on Friday and the games I was in or watched from the stands.
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Originally Posted by jkumpire
3. As to the logic question, I still don't see the need for it. Call the foul, point the other way, point to the throw-in spot. If your communication is good on the foul call, the extra signal is not needed. Just my .02.
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Then you have a coach complaining (or sometimes worse a scorekeeper holding up the game because they do not understand what was called) "why are we not shooting FTs?" Since the rule came from the NCAA level, the mechanic soon followed.
Mechanics are used to communicate things without us saying a word. This mechanic does not mean you stop telling everyone where the ball is, but it certainly eliminates the things we have to say after we call a foul. I use it and I love the signal as compared to the time when we did not have the signal the year the rule was implemented. The signal was very much needed and many people here complained we did not have a signal to tell everyone what kind of foul we were calling.
Peace