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Old Tue Aug 30, 2011, 01:56pm
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Multiple Whistles

Silly question:

Why do some referees (?) have multiple whistles on their lanyard?
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Old Thu Sep 01, 2011, 06:46pm
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In case one quits working.

Or, more likely, in case the referee on the field next to you is already using that same style of whistle. Having a backup allows you to switch so that everybody on both fields knows which whistle is for their field.
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Old Fri Sep 02, 2011, 03:20am
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Also makes it easier to hold and to find should you drop it. Most soccer refs don't use lanyards.
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Old Tue Sep 06, 2011, 12:01pm
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I carry two connected whistles in hand with no lanyard. I don't use a lanyard because I want to be able to blow the whistle and use my hands at the same time. (I think I've seen one or two referees with a neck lanyard in the last decade.) I connect two whistles together because it gives me more to hold onto and a thin spot to stick between my thumb and index finger so I can give open-hand signals even with a whistle in hand.
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Old Wed Sep 07, 2011, 02:35pm
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I've gone to the hockey whistle just this year. Much better, I say.
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Old Wed Sep 07, 2011, 08:48pm
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I use a wrist lanyard with a pink whistle. Easy to hold. Easy to give signals. Easy to find. And it shows awareness for breast cancer.
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Old Thu Sep 08, 2011, 06:09am
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I use a wrist lanyard with a pink whistle. Easy to hold. Easy to give signals. Easy to find. And it shows awareness for breast cancer.
Just be glad you're not a football ref in Washington, since there it would also get you suspended.
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Old Thu Sep 08, 2011, 03:00pm
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Just be glad you're not a football ref in Washington, since there it would also get you suspended.
The pink whistle will get me suspended?
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Old Fri Sep 09, 2011, 09:31am
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The pink whistle will get me suspended?
The Washington Officials Association suspended an entire local association for using pink whistles because they did not meet the uniform requirements.
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Old Mon Sep 19, 2011, 10:19am
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The Washington Officials Association suspended an entire local association for using pink whistles because they did not meet the uniform requirements.
I was told that a USSF referee was scolded for having a yellow whistle as his second whistle during an assessment. His argument was that yellow would be easy to see in the event he dropped them.

Personally, I just carry a second one in my upper pocket....
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