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Originally Posted by beachbum
Depending on an officials count is risky at best. officials are taught not to signal the number they are at, only that they are counting. In a close game the officials should have their hand moving during a 5 second count, but may count the first one before they move their hand, so you as a coach should be ready for that.
Many times the officials will be over 5 seconds when the call is made anyways.
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Nonsense. I swing my arm five times EVERY TIME and ALL officials should do that, for the reasons listed above. If the arm doesn't swing for the first count, it didn't (and shouldn't) have happened.