Thread: "Over The Back"
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Old Fri Feb 04, 2011, 10:36am
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by RichMSN View Post
I've seen big time NCAA officials put both arms straight up and bring them forward/down to show that a player was vertical but brought the arms forward/down and fouled the shooter. It's a mechanic that may not be approved but communicates the foul far better than a hit/hack mechanic ever could.

Same with the hit to the head (in an NFHS game). If I hit the head, nobody ever questions me. If I use the usual hit/hack mechanic, I'm just as likely to hear from a coach that "he didn't hit him on the arm."

I try to use proper mechanics when they fit, but I'm not a slave to them 100% of the time, either.
This is why I say exactly what the player did when I go to the table instead of the usual "push" or "handcheck."

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