Shank!!!

Jurassic Referee · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Jul 18, 2006, 08:14am

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Originally Posted by RonRef

At the levels you describe working do you think it is necessary to point to each basket and tell the teams which way they going for the opening jumpball?

What harm can that procedure possibly do?

Do you also think that a directional signal by the R for the AP possession at the start of each quarter shouldn't be given either? The idea there is to let the teams know whose ball it is and which way that they're going, isn't it?

Anything that an official can do to stop teams from going the wrong way on the initial jump of the game is fine with me. That's just "preventive officiating" imo.

Back In The Saddle · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Jul 18, 2006, 01:15pm

I don't normally do it during the regular season, although based on JR's comments I might begin doing it. But at summer camps, where the teams have already played 3 games that day, understandably there is plenty of room for confusion. Sometimes just before the jump ball, some player will ask me "Which way are we going?" Heck, by my third time of the day I have trouble remembering which team is going which way. So it's a good opportunity to get everybody, including me, oriented before the toss.

rainmaker · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Jul 18, 2006, 04:36pm

[QUOTE=Back In The Heck, by my third time of the day I have trouble remembering which team is going which way. So it's a good opportunity to get everybody, including me, oriented before the toss.[/QUOTE]

Yup, that would be me! It's a habit that I've developed and I have no reason to break it.

Mark Padgett · #4 (**permalink**) Sat Jul 22, 2006, 01:50pm

Juulie - anytime you need tossing lessons, just give me a call. And - no British jokes about being a big tosser.

Back In The Saddle · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 24, 2006, 12:40pm

[quote=Back In The Heck, by my third time of the day I have trouble remembering which team is going which way. So it's a good opportunity to get everybody, including me, oriented before the toss.[/QUOTE]

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Originally Posted by rainmaker

Yup, that would be me! It's a habit that I've developed and I have no reason to break it.

So am I in the doghouse with you, or is that just your new pet name for me?