Preliminary Signals

blindzebra · #21 (**permalink**) Tue Aug 03, 2004, 01:48pm

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Originally posted by Camron Rust

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Originally posted by blindzebra
The one point I see missing is vocalizing your call.

If you say, "Hold," "Hit," "Push," or more descriptive things like, "Body," " You got em in the head," the preliminary signal is pretty redundant.

I can see stressing a hand check, block/charge, or selling a push OOBs, but most calls don't need it.

Your voice is much more important, than a preliminary signal.

Voice never replaces signals. There are often times that your voice can't be heard where a signal can almost always be seen.

Even on a 1:1 drive to the basket, some are not so obvious. What looks like a cleanly blocked shot to a coach/spectator may actually be all arm...with some body contact similar to some that you've been letting go. Is the coach going to think you're being inconsistent with the body contact since that's all he saw? A preliminary signal of "illegal use of hands" can defuse the situation before it even begeins. That tells the coach it was something different.

The coach usually does the little throw the head back and spin when they don't agree with your call. They are reacting to the whistle, not your signal. You can come out with a kick signal and it won't change what the coach WANTS your call to be.

I've came out with a player control foul WITH a preliminary signal and the coach did not settle down UNTIL I reported it to the table. It is a redundant mechanic that is fast becoming obsolete.