Agree 100%..been my experience as well..cuts down on questions.

Wow, thanks for the numerous, prompt replies. I'll try no verbalization, and extensive verbalization, and see what I like better.

I got in that habit my first season when I heard one of our official trainers talk about how there are only five fouls and you've got to choose one of them, but yeah, I like all your explanations.

Thanks!

Or, verbalize / add only when there's a need. Most of the time, it's pretty obvious what you called.

Some refs use a simple verb (eg, "hits") and a mimetic gesture showing where/how the foul occurred (eg, tapping their head).

When I started I was taught to say "Hit" at the table but the last couple of years, I have gone to this. I like it better and it is more descriptive. I've even gone off the reservation a couple of times - gasp - and done the "hit to the head" unofficial signal.

Of course I was also taught to provide a full verbal report of the foul with preliminary signal at the spot of the foul before going to the table and I definitely don't do that anymore either.

While this isn't by the book, I have never received feedback that it was unclear what I was calling.