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Old Wed Dec 12, 2007, 04:25pm
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
Hold the whistle in your hand (or, in your case, wrap the lanyard around your fingers) and put it in your mouth when you need to make a call. It will force a patient whistle.
Exactly. I've worked on it in AAU games. It's not difficult to master. It definitely makes you think before you blow it. i don't use it in HS because we have a lot of schools that use Precision Timing.

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Originally Posted by Welpe
Question from a lurking football official:

Why is it verboten to have the opening tip with the whistle in your mouth?
Because it's a good way to lose teeth. Jumper catches your lanyard and out come teeth and whistle.
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