Whistle Techniques

[NCHSAA]

What is the technique to double tweet, or triple? I find mine to not be as crisp sounding as others.

[Welpe]

Proper embouchure and practice.

[stiffler3492]

I always keep my tongue at the opening of the whistle while it's in my mouth. Instead of just blowing air into the whistle, I sort of hit it with my tongue while blowing...giving it the crisp sound.

It's sort of hard to explain. Did you play a wind instrument in the school band? Same concept as using your tongue to separate the notes.

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by NCHSAA

What is the technique to double tweet, or triple? I find mine to not be as crisp sounding as others.

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.?

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".

[grunewar]

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.?

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".

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

[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.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

I always keep my tongue at the opening of the whistle while it's in my mouth. Instead of just blowing air into the whistle, I sort of hit it with my tongue while blowing...giving it the crisp sound.

Enirely too much information.

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.

Me, too. Especially when he blows by someone with a quick first step travel or my partner may have a foul but I have the travel first.

[Mark Padgett]

My idol, Earl Strom, would tweet once, quick pause, then tweet twice when calling fouls. It was his sign to the players not to protest the call - or else!

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

..Especially when he blows by someone with a quick first step travel or my partner may have a foul but I have the travel first.

Exactly.

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Est magnum volumen in mea toga.

[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?