2-person mechanics/switching

[rwest]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

You might not switch (and I don't either; and I think FED should change the mechanic), but the current, proper mechanic (assuming "pure" FED is used) is to switch on every foul.

For the OP -- if you tell your partner that you are new and want to work on mechanics, they might be more receptive to "doing it by the book". I know I have been when working with newer partners.

In GA we don't switch on long switches. We teach our rookies that. I agree with you that rookies need to learn to officiate by the book in most instances. However, when the state association has a different mechanic, they need to do it the way the state wants them to. It should be made clear that this is a deviation from the FED rule. I was told when I first started officiating that "we don't do long switches anymore" and I thought that this was a FED change. Apparently it was a State Change instead.

Any other states out there that don't do long switches by state adoption and not by personal choice?