Spot of foul mechanic

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Kelvin green

I am glad that I dont do IAABO--Call three fouls and the quarter takes an hour. ---

All of these 11 steps are done BEFORE you even report the foul.... The longer this takes the more time a coach has to yell...

I don't think there's anything on that list that differs from NFHS procedures, except maybe "step toward the offender".

And obviously, you don't take 2 seconds for each one. I just tried it and it took me 2 seconds.

[Mregor]

Originally Posted by zeedonk

How is the bird-dog mechanic thought of these days? Is is required or optional or depends on your board?

I never think about it, but do recall using it once in a while for clarification. My suggestion would be to do as you are told by the senior officials or assigners, regardless of what anyone does anywhere else.

Mregor

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Mregor

I never think about it, but do recall using it once in a while for clarification. My suggestion would be to do as you are told by the senior officials or assigners, regardless of what anyone does anywhere else.

Mregor

Something like a "when in Rome" thing?

[Mregor]

Originally Posted by zeedonk

After speaking with a few vets and class observers, it seems that this mechanic is used largely to get us to sloooooooow down, as the younger (self included) officials seem to always be in a mechanics rush.

Slow down at the spot of the foul. Take the time to go through the steps. If you go through the same procedure like they said, whistle, birdog, prelim signal, shots or spot, and do it in a deliberate and VOCAL manner so that everyone in the gym, especially your partner, knows what you've got, and THEN hustle to report, I imagine that soon they'll tell you that you can stop birdogging except for clarification. It's not hard to stop birdogging. When it was dropped as a mechanic, I thought I'd automatically do it anyway just as a habbit, but honestly, it was the easiest mechanic change I've ever had to make.

Roger