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Jullie and Scott – From my experience the whistle is not always hearable. Sometimes the short sharp blow gets lost in the crowd noise. Adding to the noise of the crowd is the echo effect in some gyms. We have several schools in our area that have gyms with 3 or 4 full size courts. While they are not in use during a game the gym hast to be very large to hold them and the ceilings are generally very high. All of this plays havoc with the sound. The only way sometimes you can tell what is going on is to watch the ball.
Nevadaref made some good points about things happing on the court. And yes ball watching may carryover to when one is reffing but it is on of the things a new ref has to learn not to do.
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