My Hockey Whistle Adaptation (and more)

God, that picture down there is old (LOL).  

Nonetheless, it’s the best I have for showing the way I always affixed a ref’s whistle to the glove on my left hand.   As I mentioned in the above recording, I placed it there so I could instantly let go of the stick and raise that whistle to my lips.

What I might not have mentioned was how the Boston Bruins coach down on the ice below struggled to find the whistle he had dangling from a lanyard around his neck.  For, by the time he finished fumbling, the play he wanted to freeze had long since gone by.

Now, understand that my revelation came in 1975, and even the above recording was made in 2015.  So, since that long ago B’s training camp, many hockey pro shops have begun carrying whistles that can be affixed to a glove with Velcro straps.

My real reason for sharing this post, though?  It’s to show a process for arriving at ideas, and not necessarily the idea itself.   I’ve done that quite a few times in my past posts, and it’s my hope that the more advanced hockey members here learn to troubleshoot as well as — if not better than — this old coach.  Don’t forget that I went to that camp each year aiming to just sit back and see what new ideas I could gather.  

PS:  In recent years, whenever I mention to Brenda that I need an infusion of new ideas, she’ll prod me to take a drive to the local rink to watch a few youth practices or games.   It happens nearly every time, that I can’t stop pounding on my keyboard for days upon days after.