Spread arms signal for no closely guarded? Yes or no?

[thumpferee]

Sometime I will find myself giving the safe signal. Maybe it's because I'm looking forward to baseball season, but I noticed I do it in reaction to certain plays. Even though it may not be a HS mechanic, it is a personal mechanic I use to let the coach , players, fans, my p's and everyone else know I saw it!

How many officials do not use the mechanic for no score? In the book it shows it called like a safe signal, but how many wave above their head?

I also wanted to mention about the stop clock mechanic. Half the time the timer can't see you anyway while coaches are allowed to stand, players in the way etc.. They stop the clock on the whistle, HS should go to the NCAA mechanic and forget the stop clock signal.

IMO

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by OverAndBack
My point was - what about doing the proper mechanics because they're the proper mechanics, not because "they" say you need to do it this way to get a playoff game?

Often times the proper mechanic is based on what our state tells us to do, not what the NF tell us to do. If you do not do what the state tell us to do, it does not matter what the NF thinks about it. Over the years there have been many mechanics or procedures that were expected of the officials. Stick around awhile and you will see exactly what I am talking about.

Peace

[eventnyc]

At the risk of beating a dead horse, I'd like to add two comments about using the outstreched arms:

1) It is not an approved HFHS mechanic

2) Our interpreter said it best, don't use it (for reason #1) and that if you saw someone doing it off the court, it looks like "Duh, what's going on!"