Body Language Check
MS doubleheader today, working with a new, young partner. The first (boys) game started 36-0 and finished 68-13. The losing (visiting) coach was very quiet; the winning (home) coach was anything but.
In the first few minutes, he was trying to buy calls. I was the T, near his bench. In the opposite corner, ball handler V-1 shuffled his feet, and Coach H called for a travel. Within a second, my partner called just that. (I doubt rabbit ears were involved.) I calmly turned to Coach H and say, "Coach, we got this." He responded, "Well, make the calls, then!" I considered a T, but instead, offer a stern look, "Coach, not again!" He doesn't complain the rest of the game. Here's what I didn't know about myself. The A.D. (official timekeeper) spoke to us at halftime of the second (girls) and told me that, at the time I was considering the T, it showed. My two hands at my sides were starting to make the "T" signal, then quickly stopped. I didn't even realize I did that, and I'm glad he pointed it out. There's no way he was the only one who saw that. There are a lot of things we don't see about ourselves. It makes you wonder what other non-verbal clues you send out. (Side note: I had to get a T later, on H-12 for eye shielding, holding both hands two inches in front of a ball-handler V-2's face. Never saw that before, may never again.) |
I'll admit to past instances where I was too anticipatory of a call and was set to signal a foul or held ball, only to have none. I'm sure anyone keying in on that body language wondered what was wrong with me. :o
I guess it's not as bad as my partner on Tuesday (MS Boys games) who granted a time-out to the V coach by forming a T with his hands :eek:. I was trying to figure out who earned a technical foul. Needless to say, I discreetly reminded him that what he called and signaled were two very different things. |
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Perhaps your partner is a FIBA official??? dumbest signal ever. |
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In that millisecond between when I see an imminent violation and actually pop my whistle, my focus is on allowing the action to "develop" to see if my expectation is verified, I'm sure fans have seen me suddenly semi raise my hand only to drop it as the play develops which likely leads them to self-ask "what is that man doing? The shakes?".
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Perhaps he is also a volleyball official? |
Had a partner tell me how angry I looked when a called a T a couple of summers ago.
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Still hate the youthful impatience that occasionally leads to me using my rising hand to find an ear to scratch instead of whistling a halt to play. :(
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Yeperdoodle
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Rules Book? Case Book? Official's Manual? C'mon, I knew what I knew, and that was it. |
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Edited: I wasn't speaking directly to you, but more in general. Just in case it came across like that. |
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