Lanyards

[refnrev]

Originally Posted by tjones1

I've used my back-up whistle before. I had a whistle come to the end of its' life one game and it crack, so I used my spare.

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Let's see... knowing you that only left you with about 35 different ones to choose from@

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by refTN

It is just what they like and it gives them their own style. Some guys don't like to wear lanyards at all, me included, so when I work anything with the exception of when I go to college camps and do games in front of my HS assignor I work without one.

And what if your assignor sneaks in on you?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by refTN

It is just what they like and it gives them their own style. Some guys don't like to wear lanyards at all, me included, so when I work anything with the exception of when I go to college camps and do games in front of my HS assignor I work without one.

I used to hate guys in rec ball with the whistle in their hand. They would start to raise their hand to their mouth and then put it down. [Do I call that or not?] But I assume you just keep the whistle in your mouth during live ball situations.

[refTN]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

I used to hate guys in rec ball with the whistle in their hand. They would start to raise their hand to their mouth and then put it down. [Do I call that or not?] But I assume you just keep the whistle in your mouth during live ball situations.

Yes I keep it in my mouth at all times during a live ball. I guess the rec was just trying to have a patient whistle, haha.

[Texas Aggie]

I don't like anything around my neck, hence I wear the traditional smitty clip on the shirt loop. I also take my whistle off instinctively at the end of a game (if we're done) just in case someone wants to grab it. Absolute worse case scenario there is if someone were to grab my lanyard and it didn't break off (very unlikely), I could get away by removing my shirt. Again, that's extremely unlikely, but if I had a lanyard around my neck, I couldn't get away. I know some of those are break-aways, but why take the chance? I certainly see the benefit of the noose over the old style neck lanyards, but not over the smitty, unless you don't have a loop on the shirt.

I keep a spare whistle in my jacket, but if we are only doing one game, the jacket is taken back to the room at half, so I'd have to trot back. I get two new whistles every year and rotate them and in hundreds of games have never needed a spare. I do, however, remember working with a guy my first year that said he broke several whistles by biting too hard. I've got teeth marks in mine, but nothing has broken yet. If you have broken even one whistle, then I'd recommend a spare on you.

[tnroundballref]

What if your assignor just so happens to visit the forum ?

[All_Heart]

Originally Posted by tnroundballref

What if your assignor just so happens to visit the forum ?

Hehe, are you the assigner for refTN? That would be really funny (but not for refTN)

[refnrev]

Smitty. I can't stand things around my neck like the noose would be.