![]() Certainly, this is better than providing incorrect information. ![]() There’s no crime in announcing “Penalty, St. ![]() Secondly, just don’t call what you think you saw. How impressed is your administration when you roll in the door already up-to-snuff on the latest hoo-hah in the sport? Believe me when I say, “Very!” This helps your own cause in another way as well. This means prior to each season having to roll out to the governing bodies’ websites trolling for published changes. Every year there are rule changes and signal changes to various sports. Otherwise, how else can an announcer professionally follow the game they are announcing? You’ve gotta know the game to handle the unforeseen situations correctly.Īnd this is a continuous improvement deal as well. I do good but, I am still not perfect however, the rule of the land is to know your sport which means being well versed on the rules and the signals of that officiating crew. Jiminy Crickets! It makes an announcer want to invest in an official’s setup to carry with them to each event, plug it in and hand the wireless to the ref simply so the announcer does have to say anything more than “Penalty Flag”. A good official who simply has a bit more elbow to his personal foul call, a little less elbow to that holding call, or happens to curl his fist on that block in the back call. In many cases, you’re more than the length of a football field away with a pair of binoculars and no spotter. Of course, heaven forbid, in the haste of the contest, the announcer says holding rather than illegal block in the back or personal foul. This leaves things subject to interpretation very, very easily. Oh, how I hate making mistakes!Īnyway, what hit me was how different referees have slightly different styles of hand motions which are analogous to people with different speaking accents, varying commands of English, diverse styles of sign language and so on. Honestly, I keep an official signal sheet handy for myself and I STILL make mistakes. As we know, most have no idea what the hand signals are although, a few egos in the stadium think they know all the calls, all the time. I had to interpret the hand hand signals for the game so, the folks in the stands were clued into the calls. I was announcing a high school football game recently. Invariably, every announcer finds themselves in a game of any field sport whereby and for whatever reason, the officiating crew is not rigged with a headset connected to the PA system leaving the announcer with the unenviable chore of having to announce the penalties during a game. Ever feel like you need a Masters in American Sign Language (ASL) in order to interpret the officials’ hand signals? I do…all the time.
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