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Old Tue Dec 28, 2021, 05:09pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Whistle ...

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... I've had partners who will say to numerous captains at the end of the pregame meeting, "We'll be starting in two minutes (or whatever is on the clock)".
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2) Announce, "Everybody ready!", before sounding whistle and tossing ball to start the game with a jump ball.
Some say that they fulfill this rule requirement (notifying the captains when play is about to begin at the start of the game) by sounding their whistle prior to the jump ball toss. To each his own. When in Rome ...
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