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Originally posted by Snake~eyes
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Originally posted by Bill D
Once many years ago, we had a basketball official join our football association. In his first scrimmage, he detected holding on a play, and promptly blew his whistle, put his fist in the air and pointed with the other hand at the offender. Obviously, you want to avoid that.
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lol, that's a good story, even if it isn't true.
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Funny as you think this might be, it does happen. I actually had this exact same situation in a 9-year olds game, and i blew the whistle and did a bird-dog. Then i quickly realized where i was, and hurled my flag in the air. We used the inadvertant whistle procedure, and i was advised to use a finger whistle from then on. Advice which i didn't take.
The one difference in basketball, is that you have to make a split-second decision, and in football, you should take a second or two to really think about what you're gonna call or not call.
I love reffing football, although i do a lot of work on stick-crews, its a great atmosphere, and i'm glad i got involved in it.
The only downside is wearing white knickers in muddy weather.