Deaf School

[CDurham]

First experience with a deaf school tonight. Does anything happen differently, how do they stop play, ect. Any insight would help.

Thanks

[RobbyinTN]

Originally Posted by CDurham

First experience with a deaf school tonight. Does anything happen differently, how do they stop play, ect. Any insight would help.

Thanks

I have no experience but I would think good mechanics would be essential - especially ensuring that the hand gets raised high on OOB, fouls, etc. The reason I say this is I see so many officials that fail to get that hand up high when they stop the clock.

[CDurham]

Originally Posted by RobbyinTN

I have no experience but I would think good mechanics would be essential - especially ensuring that the hand gets raised high on OOB, fouls, etc. The reason I say this is I see so many officials that fail to get that hand up high when they stop the clock.

Agree. Find it hard though to see how they could hear the whistle.

[Robert E. Harrison]

I have enjoyed the experience several times. I blow the whistle hard and everything stops as usual. I make sure at least one of the players can read my lips when making the call before reporting to the table. They communicate very well and remind us that sharp crisp signals and communication is the key to a great game. The coach is always a great help. You will have no problems.

[jdw3018]

I've officiated for a deaf school team once. What I found was that it wasn't much different than every other game, other than we had a few times play continued beyond the whistle.

There will very likely be some players on the court who are 100% deaf, but there will also be others who have slight hearing and the whistle will be enough to get them to stop. The team I officiated was also very good at reading the actions of their opponents - they could tell when they had stopped playing for some reason and reacted appropriately.

[bob jenkins]

several threads on this over the past couple of months. Search.

[RobbyinTN]

Another thought - maybe if your partner mirrors you hand signals so that players who have their back to you mgiht see your partner's hand signals and stop

[rockyroad]

We have the State Deaf School here in town. In fact, my son plays against them tonight. You will find that you might have to hit the whistle a second time every now and then, but for the most part the players know when to stop. The biggest problem is trying to communicate with their Coaches who are also deaf. But even that wasn't too hard.

Bottom line - it's a game. Just go ref it like you always do. Be prepared to have to hit a second whistle, but that's about it.

[CDurham]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

We have the State Deaf School here in town. In fact, my son plays against them tonight. You will find that you might have to hit the whistle a second time every now and then, but for the most part the players know when to stop. The biggest problem is trying to communicate with their Coaches who are also deaf. But even that wasn't too hard.

Bottom line - it's a game. Just go ref it like you always do. Be prepared to have to hit a second whistle, but that's about it.

Thanks. Are the pregame conferences the same for a game like this?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Bottom line, it's a game. Just go ref it like you always do. Be prepared to have to hit a second whistle, but that's about it.

And have fun. With both teams deaf, there will be a lot of second whistles. If one team is hearing, it will be almost like any other game that you do.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by CDurham

First experience with a deaf school tonight. Does anything happen differently, how do they stop play, ect. Any insight would help.

I've officiated deaf players, but never a deaf school.

[bainsey]

Had a team twice this season that had one deaf player. The only noticeable difference is the ASL interpreter on the bench.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by CDurham

First experience with a deaf school tonight. Does anything happen differently, how do they stop play, ect. Any insight would help.

Thanks

Use your best Ed Hightower theatrical moves. Oh boy are you in for a treat. Did a tourney years ago with some very good players, in their twenties and the game was above the rim. It was chaos!!!