Foul reporting area. Walk-and-talk vs stationary reporting.

Perhaps the better description is not that they are college mechanics necessarily but they are not approved mechanics at all (but are often seen and accepted in college games).

OK, I did not recall anyone was talking about two hand reporting. I thought we were talking about arm position on "counting the basket?"

Women's college goes table side on foul switching, are we going to consider doing that a college mechanic too (actually where it came from BTW)?

What if someone is a college quite (Men's) a bit and they forget to go opposite table like they are used to doing, are they operating college mechanics too? BTW that happened to me on Saturday and we filled in when it happened. We laughed about it in the locker room.

Peace

I do not even think it is about approval. I think not everyone is a robot, just like if you watch a dance competition you will see different styles or techniques used by different dancers. That is why it is perplexing when people assume something like how you count a basket if not done the way it was suggested is a "college mechanic." It seems like it is more about style than something approved or disapproved.

Peace

What's sad is that the state we live in is SO rigid that they are intentionally passing over an outstanding young official because of minor mechanics differences. He's tried to revert to satisfy them but in the heat of battle, he defaults to the highest level and most frequent set that he knows. I've heard this from other assn's around the state as well.

Yes, if they do it "every time."

It's much the same as the IHSA emphasis on "preliminary signal at the spot of the foul on every foul."

If an official did not use a preliminary signal, it has nothing to do with college ball or at least the college ball I work. In the CCA Men's Manual we are instructed to give a preliminary signal at the spot of the foul. And most college games I see there is a preliminary signal given on practically every foul. If anything that is probably a Women's college thing or what goes on in the NBA. I think people who do not know think if you don't use a preliminary signal like they assume with other things there is some college mechanic that applies to what they see and it does not at least when it applies to the one you see on TV all the time. ;)

Peace

Really? In college games you give a hold signal or a push signal on a shooting foul as the L? You'd be the first college official I'd ever seen do that.

I'm a Badger season ticket holder and the only preliminary signals I ever see are for blocks or PC fouls.

I watched 5 minutes of the college game on TV now and while I was reading this post. I saw several preliminary signals at the spot of the fouls. I cannot say I kept track, but the point is that the mechanic is to do that. Whether everyone does is another story. Never been told not to do it at the college camps I attended. Actually I have been told a of things that you see guys do not do on TV. The the next thing said is, "You are not.......you cannot do what they do."

Peace

Adding Fuel to the Already Raging Fire
 

Areas of Concern
Released on MyReferee: January 2012
Copyright© Referee Enterprises, Inc.
By Abby Bickel

We’re officiating junkies here in the offices of Referee Enterprises. Several games have been watched and officiated by staff members over the course of the first couple months of the season. Here’s what’s being observed. . . .

Mechanics. High school games require high school mechanics. College games require college mechanics. It’s as simple as that. Remember that you are not above any game that you have accepted to work. Using college mechanics in a high school game displays arrogance whether you want to or not. Using high school mechanics in a college game is a good way to irritate your assigner. Know where you are and use the correct mechanics to avoid confusion. . . .

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The Packer Backers will drink their sorrows away and eat dem Brats!:)

I swear that most times articles written in RefMag read like they're written by college interns.

Should I Put a New Paragraph Here, or Not?
 

Apparently that's okay, as long as they don't use high school mechanics when they compose their articles. :)

I see the hand-check signal given on the spot quite frequently.

Hand checks? In the Big 10? :D