Teaching the Foul Tip

[JRutledge]

All I am trying to say is whether it is "approved" or not is not a good reason to use it or not in my opinion. If that was the case we would never have a "kick" signal. I never heard anyone complain when this signal was used before the NF and CCA adopted it. That was rarely used too, but for some reason every officials that had any experience used it. There are a lot of things the NF never talks about or explains what we should do. So to be caught up on things that are "approved" is not looking at the bigger picture. This is also what pre-games are for and training is supposed to do. I can work with certain people and not have to use any "special" signal or say certain things because I know what they are thinking when they do it. It is completely up to you to decide if a signal should be used. I use them to avoid stopping the clock and coming back and correct a problem. If you do not mind doing that, that is certainly your choice. There is more than one way to the mountain. I have yet to find any two officials that do everything the exact same.

Peace