Officiating without a lanyard.....

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by mkiogima

I had the lanyard ripped off of my shirt during the opening jump (the whistle was not in my mouth by the way). The little loop on the v-neck shirts was ripped off and I tried to do the game without my whistle attached to anything but I'm accustomed to blowing the whistle and then letting it fall out of my mouth. I had to pick it up off of the floor several times until I could get in my bag to get my "around the neck" lanyard.

Hold the whistle in your hand (or, in your case, wrap the lanyard around your fingers) and put it in your mouth when you need to make a call. It will force a patient whistle.

[NM_Ref]

I don't use a lanyard when I ref. A few of the officials in my area frown upon it here. I don't like the lanyard around the neck or the one on the shirt. Just a personal preference. I think I picked up the habit from using the finger whistle in football...

In 19 games I have dropped the whistle once and that was because a player threw the ball at me immediately after I blew the whistle...funny thing was she picked it up for me...lol...i wouldn't have done that if I saw that...

[Welpe]

Question from a lurking football official:

Why is it verboten to have the opening tip with the whistle in your mouth?

[Bearfanmike20]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Question from a lurking football official:

Why is it verboten to have the opening tip with the whistle in your mouth?

Only the the ref.. or the tossing official.

Do you value your teeth??

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Bearfanmike20

Only the the ref.. or the tossing official.

Do you value your teeth??

Of course I do I just didn't think of that reason. Thanks for the responses, now back under my rock.

[Bearfanmike20]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Of course I do I just didn't think of that reason. Thanks for the responses, now back under my rock.

Feel free to come back any time.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Question from a lurking football official:

Why is it verboten to have the opening tip with the whistle in your mouth?

Safety.

[rgncjn]

One of my partners did this a couple of weeks ago. I decided to try it at the wreck league on Sunday. I actually did alright with it, the whistle did not hit the ground. However, I felt insecure the whole game and will return to using a lanyard of a full-time basis.

[Johnny Ringo]

Officials should not be allowed to hold their whistle in their hand. PERIOD! Looks bad and problems do come of this during a game.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo

Officials should not be allowed to hold their whistle in their hand. PERIOD! Looks bad and problems do come of this during a game.

Don't hold back so much. Tell us what you really think

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Question from a lurking football official:

Why is it verboten to have the opening tip with the whistle in your mouth?

Because you will get your teeth kicked out. You will at some point during a basketball game get kicked, punched or pushed (inadvertently of course) by the jumpers and the last thing you want to do is be biting on a whistle when you are hit in the mouth. You will easily lose your teeth.

Peace

[kbilla]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Hold the whistle in your hand (or, in your case, wrap the lanyard around your fingers) and put it in your mouth when you need to make a call. It will force a patient whistle.

That is the first logical explanation I have heard for why people do it other than to emulate NBA officials....interesting theory I wonder how well it would work...

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by kbilla

That is the first logical explanation I have heard for why people do it other than to emulate NBA officials....interesting theory I wonder how well it would work...

It works fine. Practice it in the summer. Perhaps even hold the whistle in your right hand so you get used to signalling with the left (assuming you're right handed and you want to get used to signalling with the left on some calls).

[kbilla]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

It works fine. Practice it in the summer. Perhaps even hold the whistle in your right hand so you get used to signalling with the left (assuming you're right handed and you want to get used to signalling with the left on some calls).

I am going to try that, thanks....what about this business of always signalling with your outside hand if you are T or C? I have been told that that is techincally the correct way to signal, although I have always just used my left hand for the stop clock/violation/foul signal, meaning sometimes it is the inside hand, sometimes it is outside...it is a minor point for sure, but do others subscribe to this? For a while I tried to get used to it, but I had a hard time ever coming up w/ my right hand when it was outside...

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by kbilla

I am going to try that, thanks....what about this business of always signalling with your outside hand if you are T or C? I have been told that that is techincally the correct way to signal, although I have always just used my left hand for the stop clock/violation/foul signal, meaning sometimes it is the inside hand, sometimes it is outside...it is a minor point for sure, but do others subscribe to this? For a while I tried to get used to it, but I had a hard time ever coming up w/ my right hand when it was outside...

Consider it an advanced technique. Also, use the outside hand when play will resume toward the opposite end (usually, but not always a TC foul). And, use the hand toward which play will resume on an OOB situation (may be the inside or the outside hand).