The Downside of Double Whistles

[deecee]

Originally Posted by Freddy

The responses you, esteemed and seasoned veterans of the Forum, give to this inquiry will help our local association trainer develop a training lesson on the topic of "Double Whistles". The initial aim is, by means of a review of approved (NFHS) mechanics and video illustrations, to prompt our officials to avoid double whistles. I probably coulda stated that better, but you get the idea.
Please complete the statement below with a brief response or two:

"Double whistles should be avoided because . . ."

This is fine and dandy but a waste of time IMO. A better use of education would be

"When we have a double whistle, I as one of the whistlees must...."

They aren't going anywhere so isn't it better to just address the what to do after?

[Hartsy]

My thinking is similar to Deecee's, in that its more important to learn how to handle them. I've never even been involved with discussions on how or even IF they ought to be minimized. All I can think of is that you are hoping to keep people from ball watching.

[Camron Rust]

It depends. Sometimes, they're good. Sometimes, they're an indication that someone is ball-watching.

If you have a double whistle on a hand-check clearly and well into one one official's primary, that is probably not a good double whistle.

If you have a double whistle on a rebound with lots of contact, that is OK.

If you have a double whistle on a play at the boundary of two primaries, that is fine too....better to have both briefly on-ball rather than neither on ball.

Unless the double whistle is an indicator of another problem, it is not a problem on its own.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by deecee

This is fine and dandy but a waste of time IMO. A better use of education would be

"When we have a double whistle, I as one of the whistlees must...."

They aren't going anywhere so isn't it better to just address the what to do after?

Whistler