No Lanyard

[btaylor64]

Originally Posted by fullor30

You missed the point, which is why would you want go lanyardless?

It's just a preference thing.

I personally never use one. I would rather not choke myself or scratch my neck all night. I also feel like I am in more control with the whistle in my hand. I guarantee you in the time it takes you to find your whistle on your lanyard and get it in your mouth, I could have blown the thing at least 3 times by then. It is as easy for me to go sans lanyard as it is for you to go with a lanyard. Just a preference which adds to your style.

Let me ask you a question:

Why would you want to go with a lanyard?

Alot of guys back, back, back in the day didn't use lanyards. It was the norm. Or so I was told.

[TD21]

It's all preference. Some guys do it because it slows down your mechanic, some use it because they don't like a noose around their neck or a whistle bouncing around on their chest when its not in their mouth and other do it because they saw someone else do it and they liked it. It's all preference. I'm tired of hearing it came from the NBA. Most guys in the league wear a lanyard, because that's how they did it when they started and when they moved up. There are some goes who go sans lanyard in the NBA but its not all of them. I go back and forth. Some nights I use a lanyard and some nights I don't. There are pros and cons to each in my opinion. I like no lanyard because I don't like the whistle in my mouth at all times, for a couple of reasons. I don't want it in my mouth when talking and if there is no action in my area I can save my lips from the moist plastic and the chapped lips that comes from it. As for affecting mechanics, once you've got it down it makes no difference. I can spit my whistle out and catch it of drop it into my hand, I don't have to reach up and grab it from my mouth. If you are good with it people don't even notice that you aren't wearing one.So I don't think it has anything looking cool or serving a purpose, its just a preference. I mean if we all started our careers not using a lanyard and then we started seeing people wearing a string around their neck to hold their whistle we might think that looked a little different too.

[blindzebra]

It's about big timing it, nothing more.

The slowing you down thing is a BS...I see it and I see cocky. Everyone I've seen do it does other things to draw attention to themselves on the court too.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

It's about big timing it, nothing more.

The slowing you down thing is a BS...I see it and I see cocky. Everyone I've seen do it does other things to draw attention to themselves on the court too.

I tend to agree..........

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

It's about big timing it, nothing more.

The slowing you down thing is a BS...I see it and I see cocky. Everyone I've seen do it does other things to draw attention to themselves on the court too.

2 of my mentors like to go without lanyards. Don't think it has anything to do with being cocky, I think they just prefer it that way.

[loners4me]

I worked with a guy who didn't use a lanyard this year. Just about every other time he blew his whistle it would shoot out of his mouth and across the court. He would have to stop play, brush it off and resume play.

By halftime the AD gave him one of those neon green shoelace lanyards and said"WEAR IT".

He looked like a goof.

If yoou don't use a lanyard sooner or later it will become a distraction to the game. Eventually you will spit it onto the floor.

It WILL happen and therefore is a distraction to the game.


Wear your lanyard.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by loners4me

I worked with a guy who didn't use a lanyard this year. Just about every other time he blew his whistle it would shoot out of his mouth and across the court. He would have to stop play, brush it off and resume play.

By halftime the AD gave him one of those neon green shoelace lanyards and said"WEAR IT".

He looked like a goof.

If yoou don't use a lanyard sooner or later it will become a distraction to the game. Eventually you will spit it onto the floor.

It WILL happen and therefore is a distraction to the game.

Wear your lanyard.

Speak for yourself! I tried not using a lanyard (or noose or smitty) successfully for 2 seasons of men's rec league.

[IREFU2]

I can do it either way. I do find myself slowing down when I dont use a lanyard. When you dont use one, it DEFENATELY slows your mechanics down after the whistle and when reporting to the table. But, I was told that it is frowned on in VHSL and you will get a call from them if happen to see you not using one.

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

2 of my mentors like to go without lanyards. Don't think it has anything to do with being cocky, I think they just prefer it that way.

I've never seen anyone go without that wasn't cocky, didn't act that way, didn't call attention to themselves in other ways.

It is what it is...BIG TIMING...and it shows.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

I've never seen anyone go without that wasn't cocky, didn't act that way, didn't call attention to themselves in other ways.

It is what it is...BIG TIMING...and it shows.

Well, I can't speak for the folks you've seen. But the 2 fellas of whom I speak don't come off that way. If they did I wouldn't have them as mentors.

[IREFU2]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Well, I can't speak for the folks you've seen. But the 2 fellas of whom I speak don't come off that way. If they did I wouldn't have them as mentors.

I concur....

[TD21]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

I've never seen anyone go without that wasn't cocky, didn't act that way, didn't call attention to themselves in other ways.

It is what it is...BIG TIMING...and it shows.

You based this on 2 people?! I guess if you talked to a blonde girl who wasn't very bright you'd also say that all blondes are dumb. Way to generalize

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by TD21

You based this on 2 people?! I guess if you talked to a blonde girl who wasn't very bright you'd also say that all blondes are dumb. Way to generalize

Show me where I said two?

You are obviously blond, after all you mis-spelled it twice and screwed up who wrote about two mentors.

[CLH]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

I've never seen anyone go without that wasn't cocky, didn't act that way, didn't call attention to themselves in other ways.

It is what it is...BIG TIMING...and it shows.

Just because you can't do it, don't hate on others who can. I got news for you, most cocky officials are cocky with a lanyard and without. Trust me I'm one of em.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by CLH

I got news for you, most cocky officials are cocky with a lanyard and without. Trust me I'm one of em.

There's a big difference between being cocky and being confident in one's ability as an official. It's easy to confuse the two sometime.

In my experience, most if not all good officials have that confidence in themselves.