In Game Signals to Partners

[CDurham]

Does anyone here use any signals to communicate with your partners during a game?
- Clenched first = tighten up its getting rough
- ect.

[brainbrian]

Depends on who I am working with and what they know, sometimes they are pre-gamed but I have seen

• "Bull horns" facing each other to show we're shooting 1-and-1 on both ends
• Sticking out a fist to show the next dead ball will be a media timeout
• Point to wrist or in the air to show time is about to expire or there is 1 minute left, again depends on who I'm working with
• Hold fingers showing about an inch to mean the shot clock is low during a dead ball
• Running hand back and forth to indicate the player inbounding the ball may run along the baseline, also point to the spot to indicate a spot thrown in

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by brainbrian

• "Bull horns" facing each other to show we're shooting 1-and-1 on both ends
• Sticking out a fist to show the next dead ball will be a media timeout
• Point to wrist or in the air to show time is about to expire or there is 1 minute left, again depends on who I'm working with
• Hold fingers showing about an inch to mean the shot clock is low during a dead ball
• Running hand back and forth to indicate the player inbounding the ball may run along the baseline, also point to the spot to indicate a spot thrown in

In NFHS, that last one is a recognized signal. Generally, I'll still use items one and three from this list. (We don't do media time-outs or shot clocks here.)

[Adam]

We do the bull horns each time we get to 6; we don't wait for both teams to get there.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

We do the bull horns each time we get to 6; we don't wait for both teams to get there.

One bullhorn when the first team reaches 6, two bullhorns when both are at 6+

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

One bullhorn when the first team reaches 6, two bullhorns when both are at 6+

In TX, does that irritate Aggie fans?

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

In TX, does that irritate Aggie fans?

Fans of "The Breakfast Club" generally enjoy this signal!! (You mess with the Bull, you get the HORNS!!)

[SCalScoreKeeper]

Around here officials will generally use signals 1 & 3.In my games reporting of the sixth foul also comes with a verbal warning such as "Bonus on the next _______!" Some will also use the shot clock violation signal to note that the shot clock is almost out!

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by Judtech

Fans of "The Breakfast Club" generally enjoy this signal!! (You mess with the Bull, you get the HORNS!!)

That's actually from "Some Kind of Wonderful" and yes, I need to get a life.

Resume regular posting.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Judtech

Fans of "The Breakfast Club" generally enjoy this signal!! (You mess with the Bull, you get the HORNS!!)

Originally Posted by Rufus

That's actually from "Some Kind of Wonderful" and yes, I need to get a life.

Resume regular posting.

It may be in SKoW, but it's definitely in The Breakfast Club.

I knew that movie so well as a kid... YouTube - the breakfast club 1985 Paul Gleason

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by CDurham

Clenched first = tighten up its getting rough.

There's one official here who taught me once that if you make eye contact to "shorten your lanyard around your neck" to signal, let's tighten it up. I like it.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Shorten your lanyard around your neck.

Draw the right hand, palm down, across the neck in a throat-cutting motion from left to right.

[SNIPERBBB]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Draw the right hand, palm down, across the neck in a throat-cutting motion from left to right.

Bad things are about to happen.

[jhc2010]

Originally Posted by brainbrian

Sticking out a fist to show the next dead ball will be a media timeout

Isn't the ball dead following a made basket? I don't think they take media time-outs after goal are scored.

[brainbrian]

Sorry, the media will be the next time the clock stops. They are not after a made basket.