Direction of Play, Part II

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Bob:

You didn't give a chance to reply to the O(riginal)T(hread). I wanted to say that Blind Zebra gave some excellent advice in his OP.

MTD, Sr.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by dsqrddgd909

Worked my first games last night. Evaluator/trainer told me the most important thing was to give an emphatic directional signal. Reminded me of my time in drama, where we were told to make all of our moves and gestures "bigger so the person in the last row knows what you're doing."

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Congratulations. You've just set the record for resurrecting the thread that's been dead the longest at 4.5 years. Don't do it again.

Moderator bob jenkins: What's wrong with resurrecting a thread from 4.5 years ago, as long as the poster has something relevant to add to the discussion. At first, I thought that you were being humorous, but then I noticed that you closed the thread, which led me to believe that you were serious. I give dsqrddgd909, a newbie, a lot of credit for bringing a new slant to this old thread, the "emphatic directional signal". I would have liked to have seen some discussion regarding emphatic signals, because all the other posters in the old thread seemed to feel that the directional signal was the least important part of the out of bounds mechanics.

[ILMalti]

Ok what is being meant by "emphatic directional signal"? Does this mean placing the emphasis on the direction and colour as we point in the right direction (hopefully )? What is different to what is being done today on the court? Should we project our voices to ensure that the last row hears us?

[Back In The Saddle]

Some OOB calls benefit from a little more "mustard": A louder, clear, usually more immediate voice and a little bigger, more emphatic signal. But don't go crazy with it.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Some OOB calls benefit from a little more "mustard": A louder, clear, usually more immediate voice and a little bigger, more emphatic signal. But don't go crazy with it.

Even the "obvious" calls nedd the appropriate amount of sharpness to the call. They can be "too lazy."

[dsqrddgd909]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Even the "obvious" calls nedd the appropriate amount of sharpness to the call. They can be "too lazy."

Thank you all. I know that us newbies can get a little tiresome. I will try to better use the search function and will keep an eye on the age of the posts.

The evaluator mentioned I needed a bigger directional signal, particularly because the games were in a multiple court facility.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Even the "obvious" calls nedd the appropriate amount of sharpness to the call. They can be "too lazy."

Wait a cotton-picking minute. Didn't you close this thread topic?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Moderator bob jenkins: What's wrong with resurrecting a thread from 4.5 years ago, as long as the poster has something relevant to add to the discussion.

Experience.