college mechanics practice

[LSams]

Early after I started working both college and high school ball I was given this nugget of wisdom by a veteran official that I have a lot of trust in, "if you're good enough to work at more than one level, you're good enough to know more than one set of mechanics."

Since then I do my best to work high school games with the NFHS mechanics. The one that I'm the worst at remembering is out of bounds calls -- esepecially a bang-bang play -- I too often will not raise my hand in a high school game.

I was also just reminded at a HS clinic this weekend that we're not supposed to "punch" on a player control foul, just fist up, hand behind head and point -- doesn't sound too difficult, but after a lot of work in front of the mirror to get my "punch" to look right (after the team control rule put in last year in Women's NCAA) it's hard to remember to go back to the other.