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Originally Posted by Freddy
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All pregames for which I'm R now include the request to banish the term "on the floor", as well as the the all-too-cool non-Fed point-to-the-floor gesture. Replacing that verbage with the more accurate "No shot!", if that's the case.
Has worked well with all partners thus far this year.
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Shrug. I do not use the term "on the floor" but I will point to the spot if the foul is before the shooting motion has begun.
I will also (I know I shouldn't have to do this) hold my whistle just a bit longer in these situations -- I may have decided that there is a foul, but whistling it as the shooter is actually going up sells it that way just a bit better. Since I'm always working on having a good patient whistle, this happens a lot anyway -- it's usually non-regular partners or the prelim game officials that I see whistle quickly and call it "on the floor".