Handling the ball for 1-and-1 administration?
 

What do you do with the ball when administering a 1-and-1?

What I've seen:
- hold ball in hands with index fingers extended
- same as above, ball between wrists
- bounce the ball, signal 1-and-1, catch ball
- hold ball under one arm/elbow, signal 1-and-1

What is "correct"?

I do the first. Quite frankly, it doesn't really matter.

Between wrists.

I usually verbalize, loudly, "1 and 1" while holding the ball.

"1 & 1!" Bounce the ball and signal as the ball is enroute.

It makes no difference because there's always going to be at least one player who turns and asks, "How many, ref?"

Ball under shirt...
 

... and pinkies extended.

No signal......say loudly "Bonus....one and one". An official I thought highly of once said "there is no way of doing the hand signal gracefully with the ball, so don't do it. If the players don't know what one and one means, they shouldn't be at this level".

Which is why I do it as the ball is passed to the shooter. :p

I say single bonus gentlemen. Ball is live on the miss.

For me:

--bounce the ball, signal 1-and-1, catch ball

Nope, it's live when caught by the shooter and remains live during the entire FT. Stop saying incorrect information.

And how do the girls react to that? :p

Like others here, I was taught one way:

Bounce the ball to the shooter, then immediately signal and say "one and one!" before the ball is caught.

This is exactly how I do it.

+1 and say one and one!

Clarity of Number of FT's
 

For the sake of clarity, and to avoid having a correctible error, I'm accustomed to always "paint the inner walls of the three-sided room." With ball between wrists, index finger upward, I say "one and one" to the players opposite table, then to the shooter, then to the players tableside. By this time both partners and the table have seen what I'm administering, offering at least three redundant opportunities for me to peer check the number of free throws. Each partner and the table flash back the number of throws.
Redundant, but effective.

For me:

--bounce the ball, signal 1-and-1, catch ball in the crack of my azz and then flip it to the FT shooter

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Never Gets Old ...
 

Globetrotters' game?

and unnecessary

Agreed. "That Guy" says, "Bonus. 1 and 1. Play the miss. Let it hit."

Just administer the damn FT so we can get back to the game.

Anything beyond the number of throws is an unnecessary delay.

Oh, in regards to the OP, I do the last one. Under the elbow, flash the signal as I say "one and one," bounce the ball and get out of the way.

You should really ask your interpreter and/or assignor how they want it done--or if they even care.

I worked with a guy this year who did something I'd never seen before. He held the ball in one hand and then with the other hand, he pointed with one finger to one end of the free throw line and then the other end of the free throw line, while saying the "one-and-one". I thought it looked interesting, but it's nowhere near the "correct" mechanic.

Hmmm. May as well use the "hook 'em horns" or "hang ten" signals.

Which is what I do. But I rotate my hand back and forth a couple times when doing it.

You mean the Ronnie James Dio signal.

http://gossip.whyfame.com/files/2010/05/ronnie_dio.jpg

Who?

No, he was never in that group; you're thinking of Roger Daltry.

+1

The one thing that would speed things up is to eliminate the congrats on the miss by teammates. But, since that won't happen, I say "1 AND 1" while holding the ball and showing index fingers at that time. No repeats. No commentary about lane entry. No telling my partner his shoe is untied. I just try to move it along as quickly as I can.

That Other Guy ...
 

At least "That Guy" has it right. Wrong, but right. I've had partners who say, "Let it hit the rim". Wrong, and wrong.