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Originally Posted by CaliOne
My personal favorite is the rubber band on left or right wrist. My problem would be, trying to rembmer which team is which hand....
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I use a small, flesh-colored rubber band on my index finger. I bought a bag of the rubber bands at an office supply store, and go through about 5-10 rubber bands each season. (Either get lost or break from the wear.)
When the arrow should go to the team in white jersey, the rubber band goes on my right hand's index finger (white - right).
When the arrow goes to the other team, then the rubber band goes on my left hand's index finger (all others - left).
In those rare instances when no one wears a white or a real light-colored jersey, then someone usually is red. (red - right)
Been doing this for many years. You never would notice it. I move it after the A-P throw-in ends and use that moment to check the table for its change of the arrow.
When a held-ball situation occurs, a brief "thumbing" of the index fingers tells me which team has the arrow.
Interestingly, I went without this for the first time 2 weeks ago (changed whistles just before the game; I keep the rubber band on the whistle and lanyard between games). Missed it greatly!