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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by SC Official

... 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.

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[Rich]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Connecticut officials were observed by IAABO International 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. It's just our local custom, handed down from our ancestors, from generation to generation, as basketball mechanics were discussed around the campfires of the past.

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I never blow my whistle when resuming on a free throw. I find that, well, weird.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rich

I never blow my whistle when resuming on a free throw. I find that, well, weird.

If I got a dollar for every time, over thirty-six years, that I observed an official here in my little corner of Connecticut sounding their whistle before administering free throws after timeouts, I would have enough cash to, maybe, buy a short cup of coffee at Starbucks.

[Moosie74]

Originally Posted by Rich

I never blow my whistle when resuming on a free throw. I find that, well, weird.

I got dinged on it for not blowing my whistle in my floor exam. Done it ever since and switched states and still no one has never said not too.

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[Rich]

Originally Posted by Moosie74

I got dinged on it for not blowing my whistle in my floor exam. Done it ever since and switched states and still no one has never said not too.

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Both IAABO states? I've never lived in an IAABO state.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Moosie74

I got dinged on it for not blowing my whistle in my floor exam. Done it ever since and switched states and still no one has never said not too.

Originally Posted by Rich

Both IAABO states? I've never lived in an IAABO state.

For your sake, I hope you never do. With due regard to those who are stuck under IAABO's influence with no say in their fate, I find the organization to be a meaningless redundancy to other rightfully established organizations that are recognized authorities (namely NFHS and FIBA).

Billy had a post earlier in which he mentioned a group called "IAABO International." That's as self-aggrandizing as the term "World Series." IAABO's footprint is limited to the east coast, Colorado, Ontario, and a handful of overseas U.S. military installations.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

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?

I sound my whistle.

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