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Old Sun Feb 22, 2015, 07:31am
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Plus, it's not the proper technique according to the (IAABO) mechanics manual.
How do any mechanics ever get changed? Someone tires something different, and it works, so it gets adopted.

I do recognize that it's a slippery slope between trying something, and having everyone use his/her own mechanics.
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Old Sun Feb 22, 2015, 08:04am
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Change Is Inevitable, Except From A Vending Machine (Robert C. Gallagher) …

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How do any mechanics ever get changed? Someone tires something different, and it works, so it gets adopted.
I worked with a young, up, and coming, official a few weeks ago, that used his own version of a three second signal. Instead of having his signal hand down by his upper leg, he had it up, slightly below, his shoulder. It was easy to see by all, coaches, fans, table crew, and me, his partner. I encouraged him to show his "new, and improved" three second signal to our interpreter, who could pass it on to IAABO.

If change is for the better, I'm all for it, otherwise we would still be climbing the ladder and taking the laced ball out of the peach basket.
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