"Team Control" Mechanics

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by kbilla

i find myself often in the situation where i am having to stop the clock and give the tc signal with the same hand....not the end of the world, but not the "correct" mechanic either.

It's not the mechanic? Does it say somewhere to use the hand that is not used to stop the clock? I don't have any problem with the way you describe, unless I'm missing something.

[Ignats75]

Ohio has us not use the punch. We use the hand behind the head player control foul signal for ALL team control fouls. No Punch.

My problem is that I have a tendancy to punch the direction in an effort to sell the call. During one game, one of my assignors complemented me on my mechanics. The very next game, I was dinged for the punch!! Well. Which is it?????

[imaref]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

Ohio has us not use the punch. We use the hand behind the head player control foul signal for ALL team control fouls. No Punch.

My problem is that I have a tendancy to punch the direction in an effort to sell the call. During one game, one of my assignors complemented me on my mechanics. The very next game, I was dinged for the punch!! Well. Which is it?????

So you're not using the NFHS mechanic in your state?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by imaref

So you're not using the NFHS mechanic in your state?

I don't think I've used the stop clock mechanic before an out of bounds call in 10 years. Amazingly enough, the clock always stops anyway

I have bird-dogged twice this season. It made me feel quite nostalgic.

[imaref]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

I don't think I've used the stop clock mechanic before an out of bounds call in 10 years. Amazingly enough, the clock always stops anyway

I have bird-dogged twice this season. It made me feel quite nostalgic.

Hey Rich.....you don't have to be a "smarty pants"!

[Ignats75]

So you're not using the NFHS mechanic in your state?

Which State? Confusion or Ohio. (Some might say thats redundant).

No Ohio does not use the Federation mechanic. But then, Ohio has always done things their own way.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by imaref

Hey Rich.....you don't have to be a "smarty pants"!

OK, I exaggerate. I'll use the stop clock when I have to look to a partner to bail me out cause I didn't see the ball shoot out of bounds. Tends to happen once in a while baseline opposite side 3-person (when it shoots out quick) and above the FT line extended on my side 2-person.

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

I don't think I've used the stop clock mechanic before an out of bounds call in 10 years. Amazingly enough, the clock always stops anyway

I have bird-dogged twice this season. It made me feel quite nostalgic.

Rich, if you want to go anywhere in the WI State Tournament Series I would stongly suggest using the stop clock mechanic on out of bounds plays.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

Rich, if you want to go anywhere in the WI State Tournament Series I would stongly suggest using the stop clock mechanic on out of bounds plays.

I guess that doesn't apply to the "college officials" I saw working the state tournament on TV last year. Or the year before.

Please note that what I post here is 90% tongue-in-cheek.

It's OK, regardless. I'm aware that someone with the power to assign me may read this and think I'm 100% serious. I could decide to create another user ID or stop posting entirely or be entirely serious all the time. Life's too short and for me this is a hobby I happen to enjoy that earns me some bucks.

It's why I don't care much that I have my name attached to these posts rather than some anonymous nom-de-net. I've come to realize that I'm not going anywhere in basketball (they don't want a short, fat guy on TV, for example ), so my focus is mainly on the regular season and having a good time doing what I'm doing. Any post-season games are just gravy for me and appear to be randomly assigned anyway.

Baseball season is just around the corner, provided I don't have a torn ligament in my knee. I'll find out later today. And I do have different goals and aspirations for baseball and football than I do basketball. And I think that's OK, too.

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by mj

Ouch that hurts!

Rich,

You are right there are some "college officials" that don't follow this mechanic at the state tournament, and a bunch of them are not back this year.