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Old Fri Jan 09, 2009, 03:00pm
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Originally Posted by RichMSN View Post
What about a C giving a tip signal to the trail letting him know the ball was tipped by B and should not be ruled a backcourt violation? I'm sure this is unapproved, but it's something that longtime partners and I use once every 10 games or so.
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That signal just looks amateurish and looks like the official is trying to justify not making a call which actually, to me, makes the no-call appear even more questionable.
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Originally Posted by slow whistle View Post
I use this signal in one situation....if I am C in FC and have a play in front of me and the ball goes shooting into the BC and T has no idea what happened b/c he is hopefully watching his primary, I will give the ugly tipped ball signal so he doesn't call a BC violation...to me this beats him stopping play and me having to run over to inform him that the ball was tipped...

Rich obviously agrees with you.
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