Any suggestions?

[Back In The Saddle]

Slowing down is your friend. Whistle, put your hand up, that buys you time. Replay it in your mind. Then say the color, then point. If, after replaying it in your mind, you still need help, I think you have four choices...

1) Turn to your partner. Unless the tips happen in a dual coverage area, however, he may have nothing for you.

In which case you're on to your next option...

2) Go with your gut. It would be rare to look at that play and have an exact 50/50 split in your own mind about who touched it last. Play the odds.
3) Go with the status quo. If a near simultaneous tip was the best the defense could do, don't reward them by sending it the other way.
4) Go to the arrow. If the tips are simultaneous, and I've had it happen once, this is the right answer. Otherwise, IMHO this is the least desirable outcome, because everybody else in the gym will have an opinion about who "obviously" touched it last and going to the arrow will seem like a cop out and probably lose you some credibility points.

[fullor30]

All good answers.................especially #3. Like a championship prize fight, a draw goes to the champ, you gotta beat him.

I typically go with my gut if I'm not 100%. Obviously, If I happen to be screened, straightlined, I always tweet, raise arm, and keep it there, looking to partners for help.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by fullor30

All good answers.................especially #3. Like a championship prize fight, a draw goes to the champ, you gotta beat him.

I typically go with my gut if I'm not 100%. Obviously, If I happen to be screened, straightlined, I always tweet, raise arm, and keep it there, looking to partners for help.

I put them in the order that I prefer to use them. Like you, I prefer my gut reaction over resorting to any method that does not at least attempt to utilize the judgment I'm being paid to render.

[BillyMac]

From my pregame:

Out-Of-Bounds Help
For out-of-bounds help, let's get it right. Come together for a change if needed. If I have no idea and I look to you for help, just give a directional signal. No need to come to me. Just point. If I signal but I get it wrong, then blow the whistle and come to me. Tell me what you saw and let me decide if I’m going to change it.