The Possession Switch

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Old School

Rubber band, face the table, rubber band goes on hand that points to bench.

Jump ball, face the table, rubber band on right hand, point to team bench on the right side of table. Change to the other hand b4 you put ball back in play. Don't set to the basket like the arrow would point if there was an arrow, because this will screw you up in the 1st half.

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It never stops. A perfect 593 for 593.

Players are not allowed to wear rubber bands. It's in the rules. You'll have to trust trust me on that, seeing that you and rulebooks are strangers to each other. It isn't recommended that officials wear anything that players aren't allowed to use.

The only people that would even consider doing anything like that are the Old Schools of the world. It might be OK in rec leagues, but it sureasheck doesn't fly anywhere else. Don't be that guy.

Is that the recommended procedure used in your college games, OS?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Is that the recommended procedure used in your college games, OS?

JR, sorry, but I have to be fair.

You misspelled "intramural."

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Sigh.....

It never stops. A perfect 593 for 593.

Players are not allowed to wear rubber bands. It's in the rules. You'll have to trust trust me on that, seeing that you and rulebooks are strangers to each other. It isn't recommended that officials wear anything that players aren't allowed to use.

The only people that would even consider doing anything like that are the Old Schools of the world. It might be OK in rec leagues, but it sureasheck doesn't fly anywhere else. Don't be that guy.

Is that the recommended procedure used in your college games, OS?

Furthermore, even for someone using the rubber band techinque, it's a lot less confusing to just always point to the basket, as the arrow would. Pointing to the bench must be unbelievably difficult.

[Old School]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Furthermore, even for someone using the rubber band techinque, it's a lot less confusing to just always point to the basket, as the arrow would. Pointing to the bench must be unbelievably difficult.

Actually Rainmaker, I've found that facing the bench and pointing is better for me than pointing to the basket because of your center of reference. If you have your back to the table, or you forget which way you are standing, which could easily occur after several games, and point to the basket, you could easily get reversed and be wrong. My way, I have to always face the table and in the first half of the game, I always call the color. So I face the bench, band on my left hand, point to left side bench, blue ball. It doesn't matter which way blue is going. Sometimes in these AAU type games, we don't always line then up opposite bench for the jump.

Another point here which goes to Mr.JR point is working multiple games. I will speak for myself here. After several games, my concentration starts to fall off, and I forget which team had the last jump ball. So I do the rubber band as a failsafe to me forgetting. Of course, this is not needed in a regulation game because table personal takes care of this. So in a regulation game you are right, we can not have a rubber band on our hands. We also are not supposed to have on rings either but I see a lot of officials with their rings on even at the state playoff's.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Old School

Sometimes in these AAU type games, we don't always line then up opposite bench for the jump.

You may not, but in my games, we do. In all the games around here, we do.

Originally Posted by Old School

So in a regulation game you are right, we can not have a rubber band on our hands. We also are not supposed to have on rings either but I see a lot of officials with their rings on even at the state playoff's.

Wrong.

I've never heard this rule. This is the exception to the jewelry prohibition for officials. I've never heard of a single state, area, or rule set, where the officials aren't allowed to wear their wedding rings.

[IREFU2]

Wedding bands are acceptable and its up to the individual Association on that kind of stuff. But FWIW, a medalion hanging from your thick gold chain would draw a lot of attention!!!!! Bling - Bling!!!!

[howie719]

Originally Posted by Old School

So in a regulation game you are right, we can not have a rubber band on our hands. We also are not supposed to have on rings either but I see a lot of officials with their rings on even at the state playoffs.

It is astonishing how someone can be so completely wrong, with such consistency. I personally think (if it were possible) harder than if you were completely right all of the time. congrats! You are an entertaining read.