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Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo
How many of you officials out there hold the whistle in their hand? Curious to see what many of your takes are on this.
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Soccer officials carry their whistle in their hand. I guess they all must be "bad and arrogant."
Many football officials use a finger whistle. I guess they all must be "bad and arrogant."
Before you criticize, perhaps you should try it. During the spring and summer AAU season, I don't use a lanyard. Why? Because it's an excellent training mechanic. It's makes you much more aware and in tuned with when you blow your whistle. It makes you think! It's makes you see the whole play before you blow it. Yes, at first, you'll drop it. But the more you use it, the more comfortable you become.
I don't use it during the high school season because roughly a third of the schools we work use Precision Time. You have to use a lanyard using PT, because the microphone must be within an inch or so of the whistle, so that the air from the whistle stops the clock. To go back and forth between a lanyard and sans lanyard is a little more difficult.
Hopefully that helps you have a little better understanding, as opposed to just making assumptions.