Whistle Techniques

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I will normally use multiple-tweets for a jump ball.

Same around these parts. I don't know why we do it? It's not an approved mechanic. We don't teach our rookies to do it. But most of us do it. Go figure?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Freddy

When would you use a "double tweet" or a "triple tweet"? Certainly not for violations or fouls, which call for a "single sharp blast", right? Perhaps for instances other than those, like bringing in subs, et al.?

Partner is about to put the ball in play and you want to stop it -- late TO, sub you want to get in, you've just noticed a bleeder, ....

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Partner is about to put the ball in play and you want to stop it -- late TO, sub you want to get in, you've just noticed a bleeder, ....

When Bob toots, I listen.
When Bob toots twice, I listen twice as much.
Always listen to Bob when he toots.

[Indianaref]

Originally Posted by Freddy

When Bob toots, I listen.
When Bob toots twice, I listen twice as much.
Always listen to Bob when he toots.

Don't smell if he toots from the other end.

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by Freddy

Some note that crew consistency suffers when there's that one guy who toot-toot's or toot-toot-toot's on violations or fouls and the other partners properly give only the "single sharp blast".

Freddy, when a crew gets to the point where how many times someone hits the whistle is a concern, that crew is doing great.

I am guilty of hitting my whistle multiple times for things like traveling, carrying, etc.

[SNIPERBBB]

Originally Posted by tomegun

Freddy, when a crew gets to the point where how many times someone hits the whistle is a concern, that crew is doing great.

I am guilty of hitting my whistle multiple times for things like traveling, carrying, etc.

Same here. As long as your whistle doesn't sound like an asthmatic bird or playing Mozart, loud and sharp is all I want.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by tomegun

Hitting my whistle multiple times for traveling.

Some of us, but not all of us, also do this here in my little corner of the Land of Steady Habits. Those of us who do it, and I'm occasionally guilty of this, will most often do it when a player drives to the basket, travels, and the ball goes in the basket. We know that it's not the correct mechanic, but we still do it. Go figure?