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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
It can be good and bad. I enjoy using it and it's great from a timing standpoint. But some schools have soured on it because the batteries are so expensive. And it can be a pain if they don't change the batteries after every two games.
The NBA uses a much more complex (and expensive) system. The microphone is worn on the collars and will pick up the whistle. It also has a recording system that records when every whistle is blown and who blows it.
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Does the microphone not fit inside your smitty loop on your shirt? I was supposed to use the PT system during some preseason games and that is how my mentor told me to use it since I work without a lanyard most of the time.
And as far as playcalling and calling jump balls and everything else, there is nothing I can't do while working without a lanyard as compared to someone who works with one. If I call a jump ball, I hammer on the whistle a couple of times and while putting my hands up for a jump ball I pull the whistle out. During a scrap I hit the whistle plenty of times while running in and if I need to use my hands I can easily slide it in my pocket if I need to and handle business accordingly without something hanging from neck and hitting me and players in the face. I also feel that the whistle is in more of a ready position for me. If I need to whack a player or coach I don't have to search for the whistle, I know where it is and don't have to look like a dummy searching for it. When you have done it for a while you can make it look really good and fluid. I had someone come to me and asked where my lanyard was and I said I work without one and he said he hadn't even noticed.
Once again some people like this and some people don't. Some shun others for working sans lanyard and some don't. You just have to be careful where you are working and know who accepts it and who doesn't.