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I see more hands up showing " I didn't foul" than ones showing they did
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We had a kid raise his hand on Tuesday night to try to draw a fifth foul away from a teammate. Didn't work.
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Didn't say it happened often; just that it has happened before. |
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Beliveable, for sure. Still, I question its effectiveness. How many scorekeepers look for the raised hand, as opposed to the official's report? |
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It's not meant to confuse the scorer. It's meant to "convince" the officials. |
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I've had scorekeepers who start recording the foul (making the assumption that they know who I'm calling it on) before I get over to the reporting area... even without the whole "raised hand" thing. And yes, at one point it caused a problem when the scorekeeper had a star player's 5th foul when the team's coach thought it was his player's 4th. (Home team, in this case, so I told the coach we had to go by what the official book said and that if he had a problem with it, he should make sure the scorekeeper pays attention). Luckily, it was a 7th grade game with about 20 seconds left, so no major harm done.
As a consequence, I now tell the scorekeeper at every game that I will make eye contact with them and that they should not record anything until AFTER I make my report. |
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That doesn't seem much more effective, either. Once I have the foul, I'm pretty much locked on, even if I have to take a second or two to get the number. |
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The Foul Is On ...
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