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Old Wed Nov 23, 2005, 11:18am
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On a throw-in after a dead ball to resume play do you blew the whistle prior to putting the ball in play?

Or do you do this just to start a quarter?
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Old Wed Nov 23, 2005, 11:22am
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On a throw-in after a dead ball to resume play do you blew the whistle prior to putting the ball in play?

Or do you do this just to start a quarter?
At the start of a quarter, or after a time-out. Definitely not after every dead-ball. You might use the whistle after an inordiante delay (injury, clock problem, etc.).
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Old Wed Nov 23, 2005, 11:25am
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I never blew a whistle to start the play, only to stop it. That's what the book says too.
"The offcials shall call a whistle each time the play must be stopped due to violations against rules or playtime ending."
something like that, never to start a quarter, game, play, anything.
Only exception:
You call 1 minute, 3 minutes, 1:30 (In FIBA) before period starts to alert players.
You call for 10 seconds left of time out. That's the only time you blow for something else, and then the play is allready stopped.

this rule works too:
Blow the whistle- ball must go to official before being played again. Once the ball is in a players hand, it's in play.

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Old Wed Nov 23, 2005, 12:12pm
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I don't have my officials manual with me at work, but I am sure the procedure for NFHS are to sound the wistle prior to handing the ball to a player for throw-in after time-outs, quarter changes, or any unusual delay such as after an injury, and for the throw-in following an intentional or technical foul. These are FED procedures.
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Old Wed Nov 23, 2005, 12:19pm
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I blow it a little more often in sub-v games as their concentration is a little suspect. Have a nice Thanksgving!
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Old Wed Nov 23, 2005, 04:25pm
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I blow the whistle on most inbounds under the basket on the offensive end, seems to get the attention of the players. I also whistle to start quarters and end of TOs. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to blow the whistle when I hand the ball to the player, but it seems to create a better flow for the game.
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Old Wed Nov 23, 2005, 05:16pm
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I blow the whistle on most inbounds under the basket on the offensive end, seems to get the attention of the players. I also whistle to start quarters and end of TOs. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to blow the whistle when I hand the ball to the player, but it seems to create a better flow for the game.
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Old Wed Nov 23, 2005, 08:00pm
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Ref in PA's summary is pretty accurate as I recall. The reason for blowing your whistle before play begins is to alert everybody that play is about to begin. We don't want to surprise anybody. After time outs and quarter breaks is an obvious time to use it.

IMHO there may be other times when it would be helpful too. So don't withold an obviously helpful whistle just because the mechanics manual doesn't say to do it. I have seen it used to great effect in very noisy gyms and in lower levels of play. On the other hand, overusing the whistle would, I think, tend to reduce its effectiveness.
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Old Wed Nov 23, 2005, 09:07pm
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I blow the whistle on most inbounds under the basket on the offensive end, seems to get the attention of the players.
I do as well. Many times, players are moving around, trying to gain position, etc. I like the whistle at that point so that I don't catch anyone by surprise.
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I blow the whistle on most inbounds under the basket on the offensive end, seems to get the attention of the players.
I do as well. Many times, players are moving around, trying to gain position, etc. I like the whistle at that point so that I don't catch anyone by surprise.
Just as an FYI, this is a mechanic as well in NCAA-W.

But as BITS said - don't get in the habit of blowing the whistle all the time. If your partners aren't doing it as often as you are, it will draw more attention to you.
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Old Wed Nov 23, 2005, 09:55pm
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But as BITS said - don't get in the habit of blowing the whistle all the time. If your partners aren't doing it as often as you are, it will draw more attention to you.
Blowing the whistle 6 or 8 times a game is not blowing the whistle all the time. There are plenty or other things that you can do to draw attention to yourself if that's a concern.
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I blow the whistle on most inbounds under the basket on the offensive end, seems to get the attention of the players.
I do as well. Many times, players are moving around, trying to gain position, etc. I like the whistle at that point so that I don't catch anyone by surprise.
Offensive baseline, I also always blow a whistle before handing the ball.
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I blow the whistle on most inbounds under the basket on the offensive end, seems to get the attention of the players.
I do as well. Many times, players are moving around, trying to gain position, etc. I like the whistle at that point so that I don't catch anyone by surprise.
Offensive baseline, I also always blow a whistle before handing the ball.
I do this as well. There can be no argument when the ball came into play
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Old Thu Nov 24, 2005, 02:18am
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I don't use my whistle unless its after a timeout, quarter or extended dead ball time. That's not the mechanics, players know the ball is coming in (unless something wierd happens where I would have a whistle) they should be ready to play. This is just my opinion and how I operate.
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Been expirementing with the Fox 40 volumes. Seems there is a small twweet she'll generate that seems to solve the issue for me.

If you are inclinde to whistle - and I do on offense's baseline - a short, low sound serves the purpose.
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