Closely Guarded signal discussion

[jritchie]

We had this discussion in our meeting the other night, just wondering how everyone else uses the signal. Here are the two conversations that were going on in our meeting.
Which if either is the correct way to use the signal?

First group says, if a defensive player is not 6 ft or closer to the defender playing defense you should give the "Not closely guarded signal" I guess to let everyone know that you are on top of it and they are not close enough for a count. I feel this is just extra work for us and not necessary.

Group two(my group), thinks that the "NCGS" should only be used AFTER you have started a count and then the defense is no longer within the 6 ft and the count is broken. So you give the signal to show it's been broken and that you have maybe started over if they get back into that 6 ft area right after they broke the count for a split second like point guards like to do.