Fri Feb 04, 2011, 01:28pm
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Racine, Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by RichMSN
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.
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I try to think of these unofficial mechanics as "tool of communication."
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