Spot of foul mechanic

[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