I think I look a little stiff...
 

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Do you always keep your whistle in your mouth?

A little???

:)

It looks like you are not moving at all.

I think you asking us is really just confirming what you already know. Not a problem, seeing yourself on film (or still shots) can show you a lot!


I would also suggest you watch your TD signal in front of a mirror. Make sure you are not looking like a "V" or like you are in a "bank hold up." Mechanics, field stature, and signals are little things that make a big difference in how you are viewed by coaches and supervisors.

As mentioned above, I'd get the whistle out of your mouth. I never have it in my mouth at the snap, or during the play, no matter what position I am working. I normally work R and have FT's to blow, but even on the wing I have it in my hand and just below my chin before the snap and carry it with me until I see the ball dead in player possesstion.

Bad habit from a basketball official.

Also if you look the tackle is being made at the line of scrimmage thus the reason I am stationary.

Without knowing much about the exact play, but in our mechanics we go to the backfield and let the play pass us. It just looks to me like you never moved and I cannot think of a run play (or pass play for that matter) where I would not have moved a step or two. This would be a better thing to judge on tape, not a still photo.

Peace

Pic #20 is a pretty cool shot with the ball in his hand and on the ground.

That makes the ball dead, right? :D

Wow, I bet you never thought you'd get critiqued this much for sharing a picture.

Thanks for sharing, though.

Not many guys have the cajones to throw a photo or video of himself into the waters here knowing it is filled with us circling sharks. But anyone who is not willing to open himself up to evaluation is not gonna get far in this avocation.

Just remember, those photos are just a fraction of
 

a second. The photographer may have snapped a whole sequence that did not get posted up on the web.

Most of the photos I get to see of me are of my shoulder, elbow, back of my head. Those side angles with my "spare tire" are what depress me.

I assume the smile means youare joking, however for those not in the know, it does not make the ball dead. Any part of the body that touches the ground other than the hand or ball makes it dead.

It sure looks like your cheeks are puffed and the whistle blasting in that pic. :)

Not yet, don't remember the play, but I know I didn't have any early whistles that I wish I had held. In fact, I usually have a late whistle.