Don't worry, as long as the voices don't quit on you, you'll be okay.

Must be a regional thing. I've always seen the same signal for both.

2003-2005 officials manual had them listed as one signal.

I actually do both differently and if you look at the book, now they are different...over and back starts with your arm extended, similar to how you point to the spot, and then you rotate your lower arm so that your palm goes palm up, palm down...a carry starts with your arm bent and your palm up and you just roll your wrist so that you go palm down.;)

You mean those voices I hear every night except Wednesday and Sunday that say, "3 seconds", "that's a reach" and "over the back"? I doubt if those quit anytime soon. They seem to go away in late February.

I try to do backcourt as though I'm pointing to one side of a line, and then the other side, so I leave my palm more or less downward, and just move it in a slightly arching motion, using a lot of horizontal. I do carry more up and down with the palm facing up and hand moving straight up, and then flip hand downward and move it downward. not much horizontal, mostly vertical. This makes it easier to tell the difference.

I was sorry I did this last week when I made a very,very bad backcourt call, and I wished I could have said, "No, no, not backcourt, I was signalling a carry!" But the mechanic made it clear what I was calling, which was without question, wrong.!!!

[QUOTE=rainmaker]I try to do backcourt as though I'm pointing to one side of a line, and then the other side, so I leave my palm more or less downward, and just move it in a slightly arching motion, using a lot of horizontal. I do carry more up and down with the palm facing up and hand moving straight up, and then flip hand downward and move it downward. not much horizontal, mostly vertical. This makes it easier to tell the difference.
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That's it! Thanks for letting me know I wasn't all alone on this.