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I think having the whistle hanging out of your pocket is just another ritual. I don't see it being a big deal either way. Really, people don't pay as much attention to us as some of us think.
What I do with my whistle is actually on the opposite end of this discussion. When I start getting dressed, I put my whistle around my neck...before I do anything else. Well, almost anything - depending on what I'm wearing. If I'm wearing anything except a tie, the whistle goes on before I start undressing. It is just something I do and have done for a long time.
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But I do think you should take it out of your pocket in time so that if you do need to straighten it out, you don't delay the start of the game. Up next: at EXACTLY what time during the introductions do you take off your jacket? Does it depend on whether the announcer alternates teams or doeas all of one team first followed by the other team? (Sorry -- flashing back to an overly detailed pre-game from many years ago) |
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Another one of the "normal" rituals I don't participate in...I don't fold my jacket up when I take it off. What I do it close to balling it up and sometimes I do actually ball it up. I'm a rebel!
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Why? Because it's not how I do it and my way is the only right way. Now if we could just make that the auto reply to all threads of this sort and then automatically close the thread we'd all be better off. (First two paragraphs in blue. Third one is reasonably serious). |
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I have my lanyard hanging out of my pocket. I've done it for a number of years. I don't like having the lanyard around my neck, which is the style I wear, and I don't want it to ball up into a knot in my pocket.
Jacket comes off between national anthem and starters being announced. |
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I started putting my whistle in my right pocket after I forgot my whistle at the start of one game. If it is on your shirt / around your neck it is easier to think you have it on when you don't — at least for me it was.
Just started putting it in my right pocket and as I left the locker room I would pat my pocket to make sure I had it ... never forgot again!! ![]() |
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Then I forgot my whistle in the locker room one time because I thought it was around my neck. Another time I couldnt find my whistle only to discover it already around my neck. And as I started getting more R assignments and having to runn across the court with the ball in my hand prior to the toss/tip, I didnt like also holding my lanyard with the other hand to keep it from bouncing. So I now put my whistle in my pocket because it lets me know I have it and I don't have to hold my lanyard or worry about it bouncing around before the game. I do check for knots prior to putting in my pocket and pull it out when I get opposite the table. Bottom line is that IMO something like this is much more about personal preference/ritual and not about big timing it or anything that should bother anyone else. |
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Ha.....just was thinking about this last week. my rule of thumb is after player intros we take them off, always waiting for R to start first. Had a partner last week, just before intros, unzips and jacket comes off as myself (r) and U1 kept them on. It was a harbinger of things to come for rest of the night by the way. |
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By the way, working kids games last night and talking to partner about videos with plays situations and he says " you won't believe the one I saw where trail(new lead) calls an inbounding five second call after made basket " I smiled! |
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