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For those whose association or board has moved to the new held ball signal, open handed stop the clock followed by the held ball signal, how's it going?
After forty years of doing it the "old" way, after three games, I've only done it correctly about half the time. Once I stuck a single thumb on a single hand up in the air.
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Haven't done alot of games yet but it seems like everyone has adapted to it unless they've not had many held ball situations. Do see a few occasions where they start to go up with both hands then merge to the stop clock.
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In Oregon, we chose to not make the change after some discussion. It doesn't solve any problem and there simply wasn't sufficient justification to make the change just to change.
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We've pretty much all done this around here for many years and so the NFHS just codified what we already were doing anyway. I find it much more natural and comfortable closing down quickly on a held ball, especially when bodies are down, with one hand in the air than with two hands in the air. Just felt clumsy when I tried it a while back just see what it was like. Those who don't close down quickly on a held ball but rather just stand where they are and put two hands in the air with thumbs up probably wonder what the new mechanic is all about.
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Alleviate Conflicting Calls ...
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The final change approved by the Basketball Rules Committee is a change in the signal when a held ball occurs. Now, when a held ball occurs, the covering official(s) shall stop the clock using Signal #2 (straight arm, open palm extended) while simultaneously sounding the whistle. “This change should help to alleviate conflicting calls by officials when a held ball occurs,” Wynns said. “We currently raise one arm to stop the clock for everything except the jump/held ball.”
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Consistency ...
One of the two reasons stated by Ms. Wynns.
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I think it was a dumb and unnecessarily change and I have not done it very well at all and honestly do not care (Didn't do it on the Referee Magazine cover either).
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Nice Post ...
My nomination for Post O' The Week.
Wait? No. Post O' The Month.
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I wonder, but not for a long time, how two officials had the same signal. I also wonder how Jrut apparently got a third arm/thumb
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