Two in one game

[Camron Rust]

Originally posted by fletch_irwin_m
It sounded like there was some confusion as to what the call was and maybe you need to address that--
That was a topic with my partner afterwards. I am not sure what else I could have done. I blew the whistle, pointed at the fouler (?) and yelled WHITE Ball on the side. Re stated it to my partner, reported it to the table very loudly and took my position on the baseline the direction the home team was going. Any pointers would be nice because I agree there was a communication problem, just not sure if it was his or mine.

In your first post on this topic, you claimed you said "White on the side", here you said "WHITE Ball on the side". If I hear the first one, I just might thing you called while for a foul by hitting black in the side. You did say it looked like clipping.

At the spot, the only thing you should say is the color of the team that foul, that player's number and indicate the nature of the foul. After all that, you point to the spot, perhaps saying "White Ball, OOB". Fouls call should not be started with who's getting the ball. I think this is entire source of the confusion.

Likewise, all OOB violations should not be "Off White, Black ball" but only "Black!" with a possible explanation afterwards indicating who the ball last hit.