Possesion arrow indicators for whistles

[Mark Padgett]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown

Is that the little subby ones or the big 3-footers.

It's a 3 footer. Gets quite a rise out of the female coaches. I have to work to make sure it doesn't get a rise out of me.

BTW - there's one male coach who likes it. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Dexter555]

Reply to very old posts, but found this thread through a search and thought this would help. For Fox 40 fans, here's an attachment for your whistle:
Basketball Possession Switch - Fits in Whistle: Ump-Attire.com

For a "built-in" version, try this: PC 50 Whistle

And yes, I agree learning to keep it in your head is best, but I'm great and keeping balls/strikes in my head in baseball but I still use a clicker.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Dexter555

Reply to very old posts, but found this thread through a search and thought this would help. For Fox 40 fans, here's an attachment for your whistle:
Basketball Possession Switch - Fits in Whistle: Ump-Attire.com

For a "built-in" version, try this: PC 50 Whistle

And yes, I agree learning to keep it in your head is best, but I'm great and keeping balls/strikes in my head in baseball but I still use a clicker.

You have more pitches in a game then you do a change in the arrow. And what do you do when you forget to change the device? Are you going to argue with your partner(s) you have the proper way because your whistle says different? Or would it be better to note the time and situation with everyone involved?

Peace

[Dexter555]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

You have more pitches in a game then you do a change in the arrow. And what do you do when you forget to change the device? Are you going to argue with your partner(s) you have the proper way because your whistle says different? Or would it be better to note the time and situation with everyone involved?

Peace

Again, totally agree with you--memory is best. I rarely look at my clicker in baseball, and rarely forget to click it either. I like having a backup, especially when I do my son's elementary games (as a volunteer, and solo) and there's 10 held balls per game!

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Dexter555

Again, totally agree with you--memory is best. I rarely look at my clicker in baseball, and rarely forget to click it either. I like having a backup, especially when I do my son's elementary games (as a volunteer, and solo) and there's 10 held balls per game!

You might have 10 pitches at an individual batter and over 300 in a game. To me that is not the same thing. Ten held balls in a game is not unusual and not hard to remember when you changed the last one. And you have a scorer that is supposed to be keeping track too. And even in baseball there are those that do not advocate or use indicators for pitches. I just think in basketball it is a bigger crutch and often a mistake is made by officials who are only relying on the device and not their memory or the scorer that is required to keep track of these things like other things in the game.

Peace

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Dexter555

I like having a backup, especially when I do my son's elementary games (as a volunteer, and solo) and there's 10 held balls per game!

At that level, where the table can often be suspect, it might be useful. There are other ways to track it as well.

At (almost) anything higher, it's definitely not needed, imo.

[Rob1968]

Dexter555, welcome to the Forum.

[Dexter555]

Originally Posted by Rob1968

Dexter555, welcome to the Forum.

Thanks, Rob! I've lost half a day of productivity reading threads--great stuff and I'm learning a lot!

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by Dexter555

Reply to very old posts, but found this thread through a search and thought this would help. For Fox 40 fans, here's an attachment for your whistle:
Basketball Possession Switch - Fits in Whistle: Ump-Attire.com

For a "built-in" version, try this: PC 50 Whistle

And yes, I agree learning to keep it in your head is best, but I'm great and keeping balls/strikes in my head in baseball but I still use a clicker.

If you use the first one, I am told, it will change the sound of your whistle.

I'm lucky I don't have many held balls during a game so I'm able to track it fairly easily.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Dexter555

Reply to very old posts, but found this thread through a search and thought this would help. For Fox 40 fans, here's an attachment for your whistle:
Basketball Possession Switch - Fits in Whistle: Ump-Attire.com

For a "built-in" version, try this: PC 50 Whistle

And yes, I agree learning to keep it in your head is best, but I'm great and keeping balls/strikes in my head in baseball but I still use a clicker.

Clicker?

[Dexter555]

Originally Posted by Rich

Clicker?

A ball/strike/outs indicator--hand held with dials that most baseball umpires use.