Botched Double play: Mechanic Help

[jicecone]

As an official, I don't see a need to be play-by-play announcer during a game, when a play is obvious to all, of what happened. It had to be obvious that F6 did not control the ball because he dropped it, so I probably would have not made any signal until F6 had secure possession of the ball and was therefore able to make a play on the runner.

I have seen many officials that are too much in a hurry to make a call and then have to change it because they did not wait for the play to be completed. Patience is important, yet communication of what you actually saw is also important on questionable calls.

Not sure if one mechanic is any better than the other however, if after all the flapping of you wings and hoogie koochie movements of the rest of your body, you still get the play wrong, then maybe you might want to try a different method.