Here's the sitch. Two whistle mechanics, girls varsity, my (quality) partner is lead. Girl takes a shot near the arc right in front of him. As the shot goes up, he does the three-finger signal. Ball goes in, but for some reason he doesn't continue with the two-armed touchdown sign. I did not see the shooter's feet when she put up the shot.

Turned out there was a stoppage in play in the next few seconds, the table beckoned him over, and they counted the three.


Should I have hit my whistle after the shot went in, or just let play continue on as I did?

Thx for the feedback, folks.

I file it menataly and get with him at the next dead ball.

Brian has a good take on this one. You are just to mirror is TD signal.

wait til dead ball
 

I would wait til next dead ball. and not interupt play. Especially with the sloppy games I have had lately.

Maybe the partner is used to working NCAA Women's three-person mechanicsand "forgot" where he was.

I work NF and have many partners who insist on this improper mechanic. They will tell me that as lead they will mark the 3 and if the ball goes in they want the trail to signal the success. Wrong! Whoever marks it, signals the success with only the trail mirroring the successful try. Let's get this right!

Since your partner was the lead, I am going to assume that he stayed with the shooter to protect the shooter and then turned his attention to rebounding play in front of him. If you saw him signal a three point attempt and you saw that the attempt was successful, then by all means signal a successful three-point attempt whether your partner does or does not make any signal whatsoever.

paulis,
this is not a very difficult play, it makes sense that the trail would signal the success of the 3 because he is more visible to the scorers table. do not dice this play up to much be a good partner and do what is best for the game. sometimes the mechanics manual does not always portray the best signal sor the situation. just my thoughts on this.

duly noted, crew.