Thread: Patient Whistle
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Old Wed Jul 20, 2005, 12:30pm
zebraman zebraman is offline
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1) It just means to let the play develop a bit rather than having a reactionary whistle. Instead of blowing the whistle and then admonishing yourself for having a quick one, delay a bit and see if the whistle was really necessary. Don't penalize the offense with a whistle that stops play and prevents them from getting an easy bucket. You still have some and-one's, just not so many and not ticky-tack ones.

2) What the fans say matters none. The better you become as a ref, the bigger distance you will put between what you know and what they know.

Z
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