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Old Thu Apr 02, 2015, 09:39am
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Not a fan of tweeting the whistle. Seems to me it is becoming more prevelant in college ranks too. I prefer the sharp blast of the whistle. To me, that gets the point across just fine. Multiple tweets seem less confident and unnecessary to me.
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Old Thu Apr 02, 2015, 09:59am
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I inadvertently tend to do it on some travels and wish I could break myself of it.

I also do it on held balls when two players are about to wrestle each other for the ball. I'm okay with that because I want the players to hear the whistle to know the play is over.

I can't recall ever sounding the whistle more than once for team or player control foul, and I don't see the point.
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Old Thu Apr 02, 2015, 03:29pm
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Seems I do my double tweets on travels, illegal dribbles, and held balls. Why, I do not know.
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Old Thu Apr 09, 2015, 03:21pm
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Seems I do my double tweets on travels, illegal dribbles, and held balls. Why, I do not know.
I find myself doing it on travels, illegal dribbles, and some OOB violations by a dribbler.

I have no idea why I do it either but have no desire to change the habit or for it to be formally added to the manual.
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Old Tue Apr 14, 2015, 03:39am
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travels or illegal dribbles...or goofy fouls- illegal screens etc.
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Old Thu Apr 02, 2015, 03:34pm
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I inadvertently tend to do it on some travels and wish I could break myself of it.
Me too. It's a hard habit to break.
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Old Thu Apr 09, 2015, 06:25am
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A D1 women's official I know from CA called it a "staccato" whistle. He had no issues with it. Basically felt it was helpful for selling certain calls, either 50/50 fouls or unexpected ones. He didn't advocate it for every call, just some. Officials are generally given some latitude to develop their own style points, and I think this is merely an extension of that.

Anyway, aside from a purist or two, he's never been criticized for it. Seems to me it's widely accepted now as an extra-manual practice. So I guess I don't feel like it's a bad habit in need of breaking as some have posted.
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Old Thu Apr 09, 2015, 07:26am
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