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Old Fri Dec 19, 2003, 09:47am
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Originally posted by Danvrapp
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Originally posted by rainmaker
...I've seen refs yell, "Ball!" as they reach the ball across, but then you've got to get the whistle into your mouth,...
Learn to talk with your whistle in your mouth

Seriously!
I tried it last night. It came out, "WHAaaaa." Not sure how helpful it was.

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Originally posted by Andy
Hold the whistle near your mouth with the hand opposite the thrower and the ball in the other, say your phrase of choice, ("Ball", "Here we go"....etc), Hand ball to thrower while placing whistle in your mouth, raise hand closest to thrower, begin count with other hand.
Tried this last night, too. I didn't fully master it, but I can see it's worth working on. Also, I've got to learn it for both left- and right- handed hand-offs.
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