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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 12:44pm
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So I did a JV game last night and stayed to watch some of the Varsity game. These officials were a little older. One official showed up with his old school collared shirt, wearing a belt, and was calling every foul using the birds eye signal. I am guessing this guy was about 62. It was a girls game, so all in all they called a decent first half.
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 12:56pm
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using the birds eye signal.
I think you mean "bird dog", but you must be one of them young whippersnappers...
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:01pm
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I think you mean "bird dog", but you must be one of them young whippersnappers...
Birds eye.....isn't that what the fans are calling all the time. after all they have that view.
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:02pm
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wearing a belt,
I always wear a belt, keeps my pants from falling down ( I have a large stomach).
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:02pm
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I think you mean "bird dog", but you must be one of them young whippersnappers...
I am a 10 year vet and I still use the Bird dog. It works in a crowd.
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:15pm
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I am a 10 year vet and I still use the Bird dog. It works in a crowd.
Personally I think the bird dog looks "goofy". I was thrilled when they did away with it.
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Bird dogging is still in almost all the mechanics books or uses that the HS and college level. Only NCAA-W does not use it to my knowledge. So I would get surprised by that as much as the collared shirt and not even that surprised by the belt. But it does tell me he is probably not up on the new officiating expectations or does not care. But that is another conversation.

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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:30pm
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What IS a bird dog signal? I am so new, I don't even know what it is. (Don't worry I don't officiate anything above 3-4 grade city rec league ball...yet.)
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:30pm
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We have a guy in our local kids rec league who wears "nerdy" glasses and a collared shirt that has a pocket! A few weeks ago I worked with him and asked him if he had a slide rule in there.

Oh yeah, he wears belted, cuffed pants, too. The good news is he does a pretty good job of officiating.
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:37pm
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What IS a bird dog signal? I am so new, I don't even know what it is. (Don't worry I don't officiate anything above 3-4 grade city rec league ball...yet.)
The bird dog is the hand extended, palm down, at the hips of the player who fouled while still giving the stop the clock-foul signal.

I've never understood the dislike for the mechanic, and still use it occasionally when there are multiple people in the area of the foul.
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:37pm
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We have a guy in our local kids rec league who wears "nerdy" glasses and a collared shirt that has a pocket! A few weeks ago I worked with him and asked him if he had a slide rule in there.

Oh yeah, he wears belted, cuffed pants, too. The good news is he does a pretty good job of officiating.
Does he still rock those Chuck Ts?
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:38pm
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What IS a bird dog signal? I am so new, I don't even know what it is. (Don't worry I don't officiate anything above 3-4 grade city rec league ball...yet.)
BIRDDOG: (archaic) The action of a basketball official whereby s/he, with one closed fist thrust skyward as far as it will go without detaching from her/his body, positions the other hand perpendicular to the vertical line of her/his body to the extend that it will reach with downward facing open hand or single finger or index and middle fingers pointing at or about the person who committed a foul. More difficult to execute in cases of a double foul, unless said official was born with three arms.
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:41pm
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BIRDDOG: (archaic) The action of a basketball official whereby s/he, with one closed fist thrust skyward as far as it will go without detaching from her/his body, positions the other hand perpendicular to the vertical line of her/his body to the extend that it will reach with downward facing open hand or single finger or index and middle fingers pointing at or about the person who committed a foul. More difficult to execute in cases of a double foul, unless said official was born with three arms.
I did a game with a rookie official earlier this year who gave the bird dog simultaneously with putting his fist in the air. There was also a little hop involved. It made him look extremely eager to call fouls.
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:42pm
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We have a guy in our local kids rec league who wears "nerdy" glasses and a collared shirt that has a pocket! A few weeks ago I worked with him and asked him if he had a slide rule in there.

Oh yeah, he wears belted, cuffed pants, too. The good news is he does a pretty good job of officiating.
Why would he if he didn't have a pocket protector?
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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 01:47pm
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Why would he if he didn't have a pocket protector?
He does. It seems to be built in. He also keeps track of the fouls on an adding machine.
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