Possesion arrow indicators for whistles

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by tmp44

...but in this area, we are not even allowed to do the whistle in the pocket thing let alone have something dangling from our whistle. Keep it in your head and get it right is the philosophy here.

Just curious, What's your state or assigner's reasoning for not allowing a whistle it the pocket? I was actually initially taught years ago that you NEED to have a spare, some people put it in their pocket, some in their sock.

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Love2ref4Ever:


I know that some officials move an extra whistle back and forth between pockets. Do not get into that habit. Work on remembering which way the AP Arrow is supposed to be.

MTD, Sr.

Similar question, what is wrong with that habit? I've actually stopped doing it myself, but not for any reason except I just didn't.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by frezer11

Just curious, What's your state or assigner's reasoning for not allowing a whistle it the pocket? I was actually initially taught years ago that you NEED to have a spare, some people put it in their pocket, some in their sock.



Similar question, what is wrong with that habit? I've actually stopped doing it myself, but not for any reason except I just didn't.

Because for one it's frowned upon, and secondly it's really not tough to remember which team has the possession, and do that in your good ol noggin. If you manage your game properly there are many times a quarter that you will be reviewing to yourself score, game time, shot clock, possession arrow.

I've been trying to get in a habit on fouls to remember 4 numbers . Player committing the foul, player fouled, time on shot clock and seconds left on game clock. It may go something like this.

White 44, 33, 12, 57.

I know white 44 committed the foul on RED/BLUE/WHATEVER 33, with 12 seconds on the SC and 57 seconds on the game clock. I also keep a running tally of jump balls and time outs. Can't always trust the table, or my partner to have this info.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by frezer11

Just curious, What's your state or assigner's reasoning for not allowing a whistle it the pocket? I was actually initially taught years ago that you NEED to have a spare, some people put it in their pocket, some in their sock..

You need to have a whistle. You don't* need to switch it on every held ball.

* - I recognize that there might be exceptions for the 4 kids games in a row, and that it's tough to remember for newer officials -- but it's a habit you should drop as soon as you can.