Football Officials' Whistles

[Ed Hickland]

The whistle on the lanyarn is the only way to go. I started first doing basketball which probably factors into my preference. The one difference between basketball and football when it comes to the whistle is basketball requires a fairly quick whistle, therefore, you tend to hold it in your mouth. In football the whistle is not as important and letting it hang it ok.

BTW. Has anybody noticed NFL ref Ron Winter's lanyarn. The whistle at the end of it is below his waist.

[daggo66]

Originally Posted by Ed Hickland

The whistle on the lanyarn is the only way to go. I started first doing basketball which probably factors into my preference. The one difference between basketball and football when it comes to the whistle is basketball requires a fairly quick whistle, therefore, you tend to hold it in your mouth. In football the whistle is not as important and letting it hang it ok.

BTW. Has anybody noticed NFL ref Ron Winter's lanyarn. The whistle at the end of it is below his waist.

Lanyard

Originally Posted by Ed Hickland

BTW. Has anybody noticed NFL ref Ron Winter's lanyarn. The whistle at the end of it is below his waist.

And it seems to be getting longer every year. I noticed that this year, and thought, gee, it seems like he's making it longer every year! I'm not kidding! Wish I could find pictures to back this up.

[jaybird]

Originally Posted by Ed Hickland

Has anybody noticed NFL ref Ron Winter's lanyarn. The whistle at the end of it is below his waist.

I don't recall seeing it but I bought a lanyard from Honig's that puts the whistle almost to my belt. This allows me a more natural arm swing while running with the whistle in my hand. I could imagine that if someone shorter than me used this lanyard, it would hang down quite a ways.