Table Reporting question/First game report

[SWMOzebra]

Originally Posted by bisonpitcher

I am just getting into basketball officiating after a long stint in baseball. When you guys report to the table, do you use the same hand (either right or left for numbers) all the time, or do you switch based on where in the reporting area you are reporting from?

I switch hands to report the numbers, depending on which direction I'm going to indicate the ball is going when I'm done reporting the foul. It took me awhile to adjust to doing it this way, but my HS assignor thinks it looks more fluid and less like "a traffic cop."

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by SWMOzebra

I switch hands to report the numbers, depending on which direction I'm going to indicate the ball is going when I'm done reporting the foul. It took me awhile to adjust to doing it this way, but my HS assignor thinks it looks more fluid and less like "a traffic cop."

He probably told you to ditch the metal whistle and white gloves, too, right?