what do you call this signal?

[mutantducky]

I calls it awesome

go to the 2.58 mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti2Ncll2K64#t=191

[OKREF]

That's awesome

[StripedYooper]

Don't show that to Joey Crawford.

[jmwking]

Reminds me of Lou Bello! A friend of my parents, a good man, and a - well - "dynamic" ref.

-jk

[Welpe]

So that's where High Stress Ref got his mechanic from.

[RefCT]

The underhand free throw was the icing on that cake. Thanks for sharing.

[JRutledge]

It is so weird. They did not wait on anything, they just put the ball in play as quick as possible.

Peace

[zm1283]

I am totally doing that in my next game. So awesome...

[Sharpshooternes]

This is freaking fantastic.
I swear the officials high five each other at the 3:45 mark. Their mechanics and movements are very fluid. I actually like it. They sure don't hang back out of bounds in transition from lead to trail.

at 4:20 the lead is like "yep YOU GOT SWATTED!!! We are going that way son!"

[LRZ]

Is that Norm Drucker? Early NBA refs had personalities: Sid Borgia, Joe Gushue, Mendy Rudolph, Earl Strom, Richie Powers. I've always thought it regrettable that we've been trained to restrain ourselves in the interest of "uniformity."

[mutantducky]

I agree. They all seem bald or short hair, often slicked, with little body fat. The quality seems pretty good actually but I'd like a little more personality. I recognize a few of the under 40's but most of them are just blending together and I can't tell them apart.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

This is freaking fantastic.
at 4:20 the lead is like "yep YOU GOT SWATTED!!! We are going that way son!"

It's great. He's like oh yea, that way

[mutantducky]

ok....I may get criticized for this but you know I think I'm going to try the following. I see the lead ref is often in the middle of the key. So when they run down he sets himself in the middle. On a two person crew I think this can be a good idea and the ref can simply shift over depending on where the play goes which they are doing in this video.
I've found I haven't been in the post position to see fouls when I'm lead and I'm staying outside the key area. Yes, I can move over but it would be easier to set up in that middle area and then shift back and forth.

[Lcubed48]

A couple of other things that stand out in that video - 1) the collared shirts, and 2) the T administers the FT. I wonder how many members here have never administered a FT from the trail?

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Lcubed48

A couple of other things that stand out in that video - 1) the collared shirts, and 2) the T administers the FT. I wonder how many members here have never administered a FT from the trail?

I called my first season in 1997-98 (before taking a 10 year break for military service), and if I recall correctly, I believe the T still handed the ball to the thrower for the first free throw. I think it was shortly thereafter that the mechanic was changed to "L administers all FTs."