Your Signal Peeves?

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by representing

a lot of high school referees, as I have seen, will tap the top of their head to say "under a minute left". That's not in NFHS at all. I did it in a game once, while I knew it wasn't an actual signal, and my partner jokingly asked "were you telling me your head was flat"? That was the last time I used that signal and I tell others not to do that. I'm usually taking a second to look at the clock when the ball is dead.

I think you meant to say, "I've got last shot."

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by fullor30

I think you meant to say, "I've got last shot."

That's the other problem I have with this mechanic. It means different things to different people. I've had partners who think the "mechanic" means "I've got the last shot" and some who think it means "clock is under one minute."

I've been in games before where the lead is patting his head and I'm shaking my head "no" at him and he's looking at me like I'm crazy.

[26 Year Gap]

I think of Curly when I see the head pat. I will point to my wrist to advise my partner of under a minute left and pat my chest if I have last shot.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by fiasco

That's the other problem I have with this mechanic. It means different things to different people. I've had partners who think the "mechanic" means "I've got the last shot" and some who think it means "clock is under one minute."

I've been in games before where the lead is patting his head and I'm shaking my head "no" at him and he's looking at me like I'm crazy.

I think they were misinformed, patting head or chest means 'mine' that's just common sense. One finger up has always been clock reminder in my world.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by fullor30

I think they were misinformed, patting head or chest means 'mine' that's just common sense. One finger up has always been clock reminder in my world.

Your world ain't the only world. The few people I've worked with that pat the head always mean to communicate that the clock is under a minute. Who actually has the last shot is discussed in pregame.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Smitty

Your world ain't the only world. The few people I've worked with that pat the head always mean to communicate that the clock is under a minute. Who actually has the last shot is discussed in pregame.

That's why I said my. How do you signal who has last shot on your planet?

[jallen]

the trail or the C if he/she is across from the table. This is, as was said earlier, discussed in the pregame, not with 1:01 to go

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by fullor30

That's why I said my. How do you signal who has last shot on your planet?

For 2-man mechanics, it is usually discussed in pregame who will take the last shot. A lot depends on clock locations, if there aren't 2 clocks. If there are 2 clocks the trail has it always. We signal pointing a finger in the air to indicate we're under 1 minute in both 2-man and 3-man. In 3-man we'll generally all communicate who has the last shot (C or T opposite table) when the clock is under a minute and make sure we all know who has it by pointing to the one who has it and the one who has it will pat their chest. Usually.

[Juulie Downs]

1) you've gotta pre-game last shot, because if you just rely on the chest or head pat signal, then there's gonna be a quick steal and fast break just after said pat, and neither of you is gonna know who's supposed to watch off ball. (This really happened to me just this evening! Fortunately, the fast break was late enough that the ball never got up on a shot, but still...)

2) Mark, I WAS hurt, you dork!

3) My pet peeve signal?? It was new to me this year, it's the "safe" signal, from baseball, but partner used it to mean "no foul". After the second safe signal that she gave while I was actually blowing the whistle for a foul, I went to her and said, "Please don't do that again!!" She said, "Oh, everyone around here uses the safe signal". Which was news to me, since I've been working "around here" for 11 years, and I've never seen it before, and can't imagine anyone thinking it's a good idea. And she was clueless why it bothered me! Oh, well.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Smitty

For 2-man mechanics, it is usually discussed in pregame who will take the last shot. A lot depends on clock locations, if there aren't 2 clocks.

Why? You should be listening for the horn, not watching the clock. It shouldn't matter where the clocks are located (or even if there is no clock at all).

[Adam]

My peeve is the foul tip signal, especially when the trail does it on a play in front of me as lead.