Crazy rule set

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

Stick a spare whistle (or something of similar size and weight) in the front pants pocket, so that when you're facing the benches, the whistle is on the same side as the bench of the team with the arrow.

I picked that tip up from a veteran in my association, and it works beautifully.

It also makes you look like a rookie. I'd advise to just remember the arrow, and get out of the habit of switching the whistle from one pocket to the other.

I recognize that's harder to do when one is working multiple youth games on a single day.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

It also makes you look like a rookie. I'd advise to just remember the arrow, and get out of the habit of switching the whistle from one pocket to the other.

I recognize that's harder to do when one is working multiple youth games on a single day.

Well, often officials working those types of games with those crazy rules are newer officials, so they wouldn't look out of place.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

It also makes you look like a rookie. I'd advise to just remember the arrow, and get out of the habit of switching the whistle from one pocket to the other.

Required mechanic here in my little corner of Connecticut. I thought that it would only last a year, or two, when the alternating possesion first replaced multiple jump balls, to give table crews time to adjust to the new rule, but it's still here.