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Old Sun Jan 10, 2016, 12:34am
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
It's a reasonably big deal here in HS to give the preliminary signal at the spot of the foul.
Same here, except maybe the "reasonably" part. It's all about communication, and as Billy said, it helps your partner know what exactly you had.

Besides, without preliminary signals, we're denied THE MOMENT, when the home crowd is cheering your fist in the air, because they don't yet know the hand is about to go behind your neck.
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