High School mechanic

[Reffing Hoosier]

Who stops the clock with an Closed fist before you signal for a player control foul?? Or (like me) go directly to the block/charge call in an effor to better sell the call.

My association had a long discussion about this mechanic in an effort to avoid the "blarge".

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Reffing Hoosier

Who stops the clock with an open hand before you signal for a player control foul?? Or (like me) go directly to the block/charge call in an effor to better sell the call.

My association had a long discussion about this mechanic in an effort to avoid the "blarge".

Neither. Stop the clock with a fist. Make sure your partner isn't going to sell something opposite of what you have. Then give the PC or block signal.

[Adam]

When I went through my first "official" camp, a beginner's camp in 1997, we were taught on PCs to go straight to the PC call. On blocks, we were taught to stop the clock with the fist first and then go with the prelim. At the time, we were told the PC signal was also a stop-clock signal. Was this ever true?

[Indianaref]

Originally Posted by Reffing Hoosier

Who stops the clock with an open hand before you signal for a player control foul?? Or (like me) go directly to the block/charge call in an effor to better sell the call.

My association had a long discussion about this mechanic in an effort to avoid the "blarge".

Always stop the clock with a fist for a foul.

[JRutledge]

I do or at least I try to do this every time. You need to do it to give yourself a second or two to realize someone else has a whistle too.

Peace

[Reffing Hoosier]

I didn't mean open hand, I meant to say fist first then your block/charge signal. In our meeting, predominately, guys go directly to the block/charge mechanic without indicating a foul.

This will be a hard habit for me to break.

[Back In The Saddle]

But if it saves you even a single blarge, it'll be worth the effort.

[JugglingReferee]

Habitually, I went right to the block/charge. But I now use the fist. I think you'll be able to work it into your game easily.

[jritchie]

Originally Posted by Reffing Hoosier

I didn't mean open hand, I meant to say fist first then your block/charge signal. In our meeting, predominately, guys go directly to the block/charge mechanic without indicating a foul.

This will be a hard habit for me to break.

Any problem with BLARGES in your association??? This seems like it's asking for trouble!

[Reffing Hoosier]

The association president had a blarge last year, and he said the whole game went down hill from there. So I don't think there is a problem, but just a discussion topic.

While having this this discussion, I realized my mechanic has been wrong for some time.

[jritchie]

Proper mechanics are important, so yes use the CLOSED FIST to stop clock, then give Player control/block mechanic!

[Rich]

Originally Posted by jritchie

Proper mechanics are important, so yes use the CLOSED FIST to stop clock, then give Player control/block mechanic!

Not trying to be argumentative, but WHY are they important? Saying it is cause someone says it is doesn't do much for me, really.

Most officials in our area simply point on out-of-bounds calls. Doesn't the whistle stop the clock?

[zebraman]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Not trying to be argumentative, but WHY are they important? Saying it is cause someone says it is doesn't do much for me, really.

Most officials in our area simply point on out-of-bounds calls. Doesn't the whistle stop the clock?

Several have already pointed out that it's important to avoid blarges. In your case, you probably won't have many double-whistles on your OOB line (I hope not anyway).

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Not trying to be argumentative, but WHY are they important? Saying it is cause someone says it is doesn't do much for me, really.

Most officials in our area simply point on out-of-bounds calls. Doesn't the whistle stop the clock?

Because it slows you down. If officials at all levels of high school just pointed, they might point the wrong way. That does not mean that you could not disagree with that, but I think at the high school level (and even the college level) we should use the stop clock signals. I guess on out of bounds call usually does not cause a problem, but it can. I have seen people using the stop clock signal not pay attention on point the wrong way while the other partner signals the other way.

Peace