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Old Mon Dec 14, 2009, 10:57am
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells View Post
My experience with it has been limited. I noted in another post, but I used it once in Iowa and had to follow very quickly with a T (he ran the stop sign). I've had much better success with verbal communication followed by just putting the ball in play.

I try to think of how I would respond to it, and I can't find the right word to describe it. It comes across as dismissive, I think.

I understand, though, that some use it effectively, and it's likely just another personality thing. I've just found that talking to them is much easier.
Agreed. I used to give the stop sign but felt like it increased the animosity and tension in the situation because they felt I was dismissing their complaints. I now take the stern but respectful approach. I will give kind of a both palms down gesture and say "that's enough, coach" or "I heard you and we're moving on".
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