Hand Mechanics for reporting fouls

[maroonx]

Announce color first. Then number. When saying number what hand do you use? One hand to announce 2 digit number like 42 or one hand for the 4 and other hand for 2.

[APG]

If you're strictly using NF mechanics, then numbers are reported using one hand.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by maroonx

One hand to announce 2 digit number like 42 or one hand for the 4 and other hand for 2.

Now, more importantly, does the reporting official verbalize, "Four. Two.", or, "Forty-two"? I'm positive that we'll only get one definitive Forum answer to this question. That's the way things usually work around these parts. Right?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Now, more importantly, does the reporting official verbalize, "Four. Two.", or, "Forty-two"? I'm positive that we'll only get one definitive Forum answer to this question. That's the way things usually work around these parts. Right?

Honestly who cares? If you use a strong voice it really does not matter.

Peace

[Larks]

Originally Posted by jrutledge

honestly who cares? If you use a strong voice it really does not matter.

Peace

+1

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by maroonx

Announce color first. Then number. When saying number what hand do you use? One hand to announce 2 digit number like 42 or one hand for the 4 and other hand for 2.

Fed mechanics (unlike other states) here: one-hand number reporting. Our crew mentions to the table that the hand with which we give the number is the same side as the bench of the team that committed the foul. Some appreciate that, though it's not required by Fed or state. Handy for extra noisy gyms, of which we have more than a few around here.

[grunewar]

The 2011-12 NFHS Basketball Guide should have put an end to this "myth."

"Use one hand to signal the number of the player that fouled."

"When verbalizing a two-digit number, say the full number, not the two parts. For example, a foul on number 24 should be said, "Blue twenty-four," not Blue two-four."

End of story, no?

[Welpe]

When in Rome, don't do as the Egyptians or something like that.

We do as the NFHS manual suggests.

[constable]

Always been taught by every supervisor to say the full number.. twenty-three as opposed two-three.

[Sharpshooternes]

Originally Posted by constable

Always been taught by every supervisor to say the full number.. twenty-three as opposed two-three.

The NFHS 2011-2013 Basketball officials manual states:

0.2.1 Mechanics Points of Emphesis
"When verbalizing a two digit number, say the full number not the two parts."