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Originally posted by refnrev
I can't even see using the finger Fox 40's like a lot of guys do in soccerworking on the hardwood.
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Funny story about the finger-Fox. I used to ref HS lacrosse. Great game and I loved it. Hated to give it up, but it was just too time-consuming right after basketball season.
Anyway, our lacrosse association required the finger-Fox. No lanyards. Fine.
For face-offs, the proper mechanic is to point down to the ball (telling the players to get "set") with one hand and to raise the other hand to "chop" the clock in. When you chop the clock you blow the whistle to signal the start of play. Well, if one hand is pointing down, and one hand is up in the air, you can't blow the whistle if it's stuck on a finger. So we had to take the whistle off our finger and hold it in our mouths.
First game I ever did, first face-off. Whistle in mouth, hand pointing down, hand up to chop. Chop, blow whistle, and (of course
) spit out the whistle. With no lanyard, it landed right in the mud. I had to pick it up and wipe off all the mud before I could put it back in my mouth. Yuck!