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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
The players don't see your hand. Most coaches don't either. I would submit that the only people that would either see or care about your invented hand signals are people who would have a problem with it (supervisors, et al). So you're doing something that doesn't have any positive effect - which could possibly be seen negatively by a select few. I'd drop it. Whistle does ALL of the positive things you're trying to accomplish... leave it at that.
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The more I think about it, the more I like the way you and Rich do it. You are right, the whistle does all the positive stuff you want (stop the clock, tells the players to stop) without the negative (conflicting signals, etc.).