First 3 whistle game

[rainmaker]

I'm still in the process of getting the hang of 3-whistle. It's been a rough go for me, because it's always at camp with many others who've been at it for years, and there's way, way to much to learn all at once. My suggestion would be to let your partners know it's your first, and propose two things:

1) that they let you -- even encourage you to -- over-rotate, and

2) that they let you -- and encourage you to -- have lots of double whistles.

I know the veteran 3-whistle people may frown on these for beginners, but when I finally did a few games this way, I was able to finally start getting the hang of it. Before I was just thinking way too much, and missing everything. It's a similar principle to calling a game too tight at the beginning -- you can always back off. If you start out too loose, it's very tough to find your balance later.