Paitent whistle

[Rufus]

This is the hardest thing for me to remember, especially as I get more games called. The tendancy is to think "I know what's going to happen" and call it that way regardless of what actually happens. Situational awareness is a good thing, but not when you start projecting what is going to happen (for the simple reason none of us know what's going to happen). What I've tried to do is let the play come to me rather than going out there and getting (creating?) it.

I also do some public speaking and the one piece of advice I try to remember is that you can't talk slow enough (i.e., no matter how slow you think you're speaking you're really speaking faster). Like Mark mentioned you don't want to be Eyore out there, but you can probably wait a beat before you blow the whistle and be ok.

The interesting thing is that there is a moment in time between when the potential "whistlable" event occurs and when the crowd/coach reacts. Understand and figure that timeline out and you'll have some idea of the amount of time available to you to make the call.