What kind of whistle do you use?

[mtn335]

Classic for me, but I'm curious about the Dolphin, can anybody tell he about it?

As for the pink whistles--http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/preps/2009/01/07/pink_whistles_coming_to_a_court_near_you

That's about officials in King County (Seattle), WA, but we did the same thing in Snohomish County (Everett) WA, as did lots of collegiate and HS officiating groups around the country. Great thing.



Dad--are you the same guy as on the Jeopardy forums? I go by GonzagaNathan there.

[Mark Padgett]

I use this:

[JRutledge]

Fox 40 Classic all the way.

Peace

[DonInKansas]

Fox 40 Classic. Bought a pink whistle but didn't have a game that week.

[Jimmie24]

Whistle? Why use a whistle? It slows the game down by stopping the clock.

[SWMOzebra]

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

Bought a pink whistle but didn't have a game that week.

Same for me, first year with pink whistle and no HS girls games to call that week!

[archangel]

The Classic for me, but I did work some youth games 2 weeks ago, in a small out in the country school, with a partner (1st year) who showed up late, apologized- saying he lost his whistle and had stopped at a local dept store to buy one.
The funny thing was, the only whistle available was a kids one from the toy dept- blue and oversized! I'm still smiling over That sound!!

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by archangel

The Classic for me, but I did work some youth games 2 weeks ago, in a small out in the country school, with a partner (1st year) who showed up late, apologized- saying he lost his whistle and had stopped at a local dept store to buy one.
The funny thing was, the only whistle available was a kids one from the toy dept- blue and oversized! I'm still smiling over That sound!!

At least he did not have to buy a case of Cracker Jack.

[DonInKansas]

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I use this:

I can see that it would come in handy on T calls.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Football guys will recognize this product.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Football guys will recognize this product.

They don't still use penalty horns in Canada, do they?

I'm going to have a hard time getting into basketball. I have tried using a Fox 40 classic for football but can't stand the high pitched shrill tone and much prefer my Acme Thunderer. I doubt I can get away with using it in basketbal though.

[kda89508]

I use the Dolfin for now but hope to use the updated Sonik when they get it right. I will let you all know if the next Sonik I get is better than the last 2. If you look on their website at Fox 40 you will see that they have came out with a fingergrip Sonik and it looks different from the 1st and 2nd batch of Soniks. As I have stated in my past post I am testing the Sonik for Fox 40 and do not get paid for it. I will let you know if the updated Sonik is better than the last 2 versions. For now I would use either the Classic, Mini, Or Dolfin. If some of you have the OLD Mini Fox 40 it was not very good when they 1st come out but then they updated it and now they are VERY CLOSE to the same. THANKS! Kevin

[bigdogrunnin]

Originally Posted by mtn335

Classic for me, but I'm curious about the Dolphin, can anybody tell he about it?

As for the pink whistles--http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/preps/2009/01/07/pink_whistles_coming_to_a_court_near_you

That's about officials in King County (Seattle), WA, but we did the same thing in Snohomish County (Everett) WA, as did lots of collegiate and HS officiating groups around the country. Great thing.



Dad--are you the same guy as on the Jeopardy forums? I go by GonzagaNathan there.

Check here and here. The first link will probably give you more of what you are looking for . . .

[Adam]

I think we had a paid dolphin afficianado around here for a while, but I could be wrong.

I use a classic; used to have a mini (and didn't realize it) until the partner in my first varsity game informed me afterwards that he had a hard time hearing my whistles.