Congradulations Steve....Not sure why it was your first National, but sure location has a lot to do with it.
I also just finished UIC'ing a National. The AFA 18U held in Beaumont, Tx. 98 teams involved. Team from
Germantown, Tn. went through the thing undefeated...
The only thing that happened was I had to work eight games. Mostly because umpires got over heated.
One even got hit in the face while drinking water between innings. There were 50 umpires on the rotation. Twelve fields
working 1 one 1 off mostly.
Coaches still have problems with DP/FLEX...A lot of these coaches wanted to utilize the "EP" position.
Been taking
part in that other association. All in all, it was fun....