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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Freddy

NFHS has this, plus a new approved signal in the new Officials Manual: "Officials should communicate when there is one minute left in each quarter by raising one arm straight up above the head and extending one finger in the air. All officials should give the same signal.

The opposite side official (Trail or Center) is responsible for making the call on any last-second shot and should communicate this to his/her partners by signaling with the hand-on-chest signal when the game clock is near 15 seconds confirming responsibility for the last second shot. Such communication should be repeated on any change of possession."

IAABO doesn't have either of these as approved signals?

Thanks Freddy.

IAABO added the hand-on-chest signal few years ago. It's in the mechanics manual, but it's not on the "official" signal chart.

I just sent a email to my local interpreter to tell him about the recent "one minute left" addition to the NFHS mechanics manual. Hopefully, he will send the information up the IAABO ladder to get it "officially" approved for IAABO officials.

Also, I can't find the new "one minute left" signal in the 2015-16 NFHS signal chart. Is it only in the NFHS mechanics manual?

http://www.nfhs.org/media/1015648/ba...gnal-chart.pdf