Help with the proper signal

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

JRutledge: I understand, and may even agree, with your philosophy, as stated above. However, as a certified clinician in Illinois, would you teach rookie officials all the proper signals in the correct order, as required in your little corner of Illinois, or would you just teach them the signals that you think are important?

Here we go . . .

When it comes to the ice cream cone of "proper signalling", there could well be more flavors than Baskin Robbins. Some are based on what has been accepted regionally, some is straight and by the NFHS book, some is in perfect accord with the IAABO book, some is based on what one's local clinician or assigner expects, some is based on what one's state requests, some is based on the idea that it doesn't really matter--judgement is what's important, and some is based on "that's how I've always done it and everyone else is stupid".

Best to conform to what expected of you where you're at.

Since the contributors to this forum come from so many different areas whereby the flavors of the ice cream cone are slightly different, it's unrealistic to yield a universal answer to the original post. Check your local listings.