Give the coach an explaination

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by junruh07

I know that would have been ideal. The reason I didn't hold off on the signal is because I didn't think the contact was a foul, so I assumed (never assume) that my partner was calling a traveling as well.

Having the discipline to hold off on preliminaries on double whistles is one of those things that separates officials from the crowd.

Originally Posted by junruh07

Thanks for the advice to cut that phrase out. I can see where that could create issues. My default with coaches is to put blinders on and ignore them. I am trying to work at communicating more in situations where it will be helpful.

Keep responses short (10 words or less) and factual.