Team Update 2/28/12

[MagiChau]

Originally Posted by Mike Martus

Has everyone looked at the PDF of the hand signals for the game?

Eleven slides, eleven penalties, eleven signals dispersed from several referees, at different locations - how will any of us be able to keep up with the action.

The refs will have some tired arms......... Do the refs practice in front of a mirror to get the signals right?

How many different signals are there in Basketball or football?

This will be very interesting. A great subject for a music video.

Two of the slides deal with red & yellow card.
Two of the slides deal with pinning, the countdown.

Slide for any of the fouls without a signal being called is just pointing.
Slide for technical foul adds a cross after calling the foul.

One signal is for autonomous crossing into the other side, not too hard to miss.

I kind of doubt robots will exceed the 60" on the opponent's scoring side of the field and the signal makes sense, ref patting his head for height.

One signal is for the safety foul.

Probably the G22 and G28 and G27 signals are the ones that have to be known. Not too much craziness to look out for in hte number of penalties.

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by GCentola

Isn't every team at FLR?

No -- we're going for cutting down two nets.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by EricH

For football, there are more than 11. (Offside, false start, personal foul, incomplete, catch, touchdown, safety, holding, facemask, out of bounds when catching, roughing, clock run, delay of game, and the down calls are the ones I can think of.)

Those signals are not being called simultaneously. They are also not being called during play, which means both sides have a chance to see the call. In the case of a penalty caused by a specific player (offside, facemask, holding, etc) they also specify which player did it...

-Brando

[Taylor]

Perhaps each alliance can appoint a Human Player to watch the refs and let teams know when fouls have been called.

[JohnBoucher]

I hope the post-match questions box is still available

[BigJ]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

I hope the post-match questions box is still available

From the update:

If you have any concerns about what happens on the Court, a student player can go to either the red or blue question box at either end of the scoring table. As soon as the Head Ref has a moment, they will talk to them there. One big change this year though, normal Fouls are not up for discussion – Technical-Fouls, cards and general concerns are all open for discussion – just not normal Fouls.

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by BigJ

From the update:

There is a difference between a discussion and asking what the foul was. I think the Head ref will allow teams to ask what the foul was as long as they are not trying to get it over turned....

[kjohnson]

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

There is a difference between a discussion and asking what the foul was. I think the Head ref will allow teams to ask what the foul was as long as they are not trying to get it over turned....

The Head Ref may not know what Foul was called considering only Technical Fouls are actually being tracked. It will be up to the teams/spectators to watch the Ref's hand signals to determine regular Fouls. I'm not saying the Head Ref absolutely won't know what the foul was, but I wouldn't plan on them being able to tell you specifics.