When I was young and foolish
When I first started off officiating, I always kept the whistle in my mouth when doing the jump ball. Then I was reading a guide to officiating and saw that it was recommended to remove the whistle from the mouth prior to the toss.
So my very next game, I blow my whistle prior to the toss, remove the whistle and toss the ball. I become the trail and we go up and down the court a few times. I am now the lead and A1 drives the lane and gets hacked as he goes up. I raise my fist and start my bird dogging and blow but do you think I ever put the whistle back in my mouth. NO.
I quickly grab for the darn thing and put into my mouth and blow. However, by this time, the ball has started to go the other way. Boy, Coach B was not too happy as I went to go report the foul.
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