Held Ball Signal Mechanic

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Originally Posted by Adam

I was originally taught to just use the thumbs as the stop-clock signal, then I've been seeing a movement towards what aremred uses. When I think about how I actually do it on the court, I realize I'm actually doing what Rich is doing. Whistle, pause and look, then thumbs.

Yep. Personally I kind of feel like an idiot if I'm running in with my thumbs up immediately while a partner is coming in from the other direction with a push on one of the players that is involved in the scrum. If you just blow the whistle a time or two while peeking at your partners to make sure they don't have anything different, no one is the wiser.