lead mirror the trail's made three signal?

[eg-italy]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

You're right, the L should only raise his arm on the attempt. But we make mistakes and Murphy will pop his head up now and again.

FIBA's mechanics, I believe, don't consider that newbies are officiating their events. There are many leagues around the world where first or second year officials are working FIBA rules, and make the mistake of the premature signal. With FIBA's L "drop" mechanic, there will be a higher number of mistakes than with Fed's "no drop" mechanic.

I don't think so. I've seen very few premature (i.e., wrong) signals of this kind; it's more frequent that an official signals on a fake, which is only an minor annoyance.

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[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by eg-italy

I don't think so. I've seen very few premature (i.e., wrong) signals of this kind; it's more frequent that an official signals on a fake, which is only an minor annoyance.

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Sorry - I just want to be clear. "I don't think so" to what statement?

[eg-italy]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Sorry - I just want to be clear. "I don't think so" to what statement?

I don't think that there will be a higher number of mistakes. Raise the arm when the ball has left the shooter's hands. I know that the try begins before that moment, but only then we know precisely if it's a real three point attempt.

It could be a fake, for example. Raising the arm in this case is harmless, of course, but it's not nice to see.

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