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Old Tue Dec 15, 2015, 04:04pm
WhistlesAndStripes WhistlesAndStripes is offline
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Originally Posted by Kansas Ref View Post
I worked a NF game with a ref who would hold up two hands with open palms and fingers spread apart at me when I was giving the ball for a throw in after a substitution. I presumed that was his way of telling me "OK, we now have 10 players in the game, go ahead and start throw-in." Later he told me that two hands up meant "stop/pause", I told him that his mechanic was confusing.
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef View Post
What does having two hands up to stop play have to do with college or HS mechanics? Can you show me where in the NFHS signal chart that holding up two hands with open palms and fingers spread apart is the signal for 10 players being on the court?
I don't think that he can, because the signal you describe is labelled on the NFHS Signal chart as the signal to indicate a 10 second backcourt violation.
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