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Old Sat Dec 03, 2016, 11:31am
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Free Throw Whistle ???

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Originally Posted by SC Official View Post
... the manual specifically says not to whistle before a throw-in except after a timeout, intermission, or unusual delay.
Connecticut officials were observed by IAABO interpreters during last season's State tournament finals. They were criticized for not sounding their whistles before administering free throws after timeouts.

Few, if any, officials here in my little corner of Connecticut do this (I can't speak for the rest of Connecticut), even though, by the book, we're supposed to do it. We do it for throwins after a timeout, intermission, or unusual delay, but not for free throws. Not sounding whistles before administering free throws after timeouts is just our local custom, handed down from our ancestors, from generation to generation, as basketball mechanics were discussed around the campfires of the past.

What the story regarding this mechanic for other Forum members?
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