Staccato Whistle

[mick]

Try to blow every whistle for a little longer and trust that all will hear it.

[Back In The Saddle]

Drive out to the middle of nowhere, where you won't bug anybody. Put in some earplugs, because you're going to need them. Then practice blowing the whistle the way you want to do it. Do about 1.5 million reps. Drive home. Remove the earplugs after the wife is done ranting about how long you were gone.

[Mark Padgett]

Where do you buy your Staccato whistles? I tried buying whistles from this guy but he told me to take a hike. I didn't want to push it.

[rainmaker]

Ways to break a bad habit:

1. The best way: simple substitution. Don't think about what you DON'T want to do. Concentrate on one solid whistle every time you blow. To speed up the process, use a tape of a game from TV. Blow the whistle whenever they do, and do it right. Using a tape means you can concentrate on your whistle, and not on the action. You can practice watching the game and blowing the whistle, but then doing it again if you goof.

2. I don't know any other ways to break bad habits. #1 always works.

[caliref]

Tommy,

Why not focus on the play and go with one sharp whistle blow and freeze in position. If it is nice and loud, there will be no need to blow the whistle more than once. Just think about blowing the whistle as loud as you can when you are calling something.

[jeffpea]

I think you have to "ween" yourself off of the multiple/stacatto whistle (not sure you can quit "cold turkey"). Try this....1 tweet for fouls and multiple tweets for violations. Then follow the advice of those above who said practice, practice, practice......it is simply a habit that you need to correct. Keep in mind that it takes 21 days to form a new habit; so you have to work on this everyday whether you have a game or not.