How to use your whistle?

[jeffpea]

I view my whistle as an important part of controlling the game. While I agree that one blast is probably the best way to go - I tend to have two quick blasts on things like travels or on team control foul (offense) away from the ball. I think your whistle is the first of several items in your "tool box" to sell your call (voice, body language, signals, etc).

Until we reach the level of the "big time" officials (where as long as they get the call right, nobody will bother them), we need to get the call right and make the call the "proper way".