Youth Ball Follies

[zm1283]

I don't work off-season basketball. I'd rather stand on a baseball field when it's 90 degrees than run up and down a court for 8 games and barely make anything for it.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I don't work off-season basketball. I'd rather stand on a baseball field when it's 90 degrees than run up and down a court for 8 games and barely make anything for it.

When I worked baseball I was just the opposite. For one I know my basketball game will not get cancelled. Baseball games might get cancelled based on what happened two days ago. If I am going to leave my house I would like to know I have something I am leaving for.

Peace

[BlueDevilRef]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I don't work off-season basketball. I'd rather stand on a baseball field when it's 90 degrees than run up and down a court for 8 games and barely make anything for it.

I don't do it a lot. Mainly just the Fieldhouse bc it's close to home and the staff there does a decent job. I only work for your dad whenever he gets in a bind. I really don't like adult league. At least with kids, they don't make it such a big deal. I try to do some basketball in summer just to keep a different perspective from constant fast pitch. It has helped keep me from burning out by end of fast pitch in fall.

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

I don't do it a lot. Mainly just the Fieldhouse bc it's close to home and the staff there does a decent job. I only work for your dad whenever he gets in a bind. I really don't like adult league. At least with kids, they don't make it such a big deal. I try to do some basketball in summer just to keep a different perspective from constant fast pitch. It has helped keep me from burning out by end of fast pitch in fall.

I can see that about fastpitch softball. I would not want to work travel baseball for an entire summer before the real season started. I would be burnt out by the time the season started.

I'm in no way criticizing anyone who works basketball in the off season. It's just that the school season is long enough, so I'm ready for it to be done by the time March rolls around.

[UNIgiantslayers]

We're around $25 a game here for youth tourneys and wreck league.

As some might recall, this is the first year I've worked adult wreck league. One of the guys that I worked with at the beginning of this year for wreck league gave me advice along the lines of "give it back to them," if they're giving you a hard time. I found this made things worse and gave them license to keep whining. Lately I've just been quick on the T. If that doesn't shut them up, they're gone. Makes things much easier for me, because they are starting to figure out that I don't listen to it. Even if they're just whining about calls, I give them one freebie and after that I'll serve them. I'm over dealing with adults acting like little girls for $25.

[Kansas Ref]

Does the variation in your game fee compensation lead you to either "consciously" or "unconsciously" work "harder" or "less harder" when you're officiating a game?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Kansas Ref

Does the variation in your game fee compensation lead you to either "consciously" or "unconsciously" work "harder" or "less harder" when you're officiating a game?

"work harder?" Not at all, but I will make cuts in how much garbage I take from the bench. I'm more likely to skip to a T, unless I happen to be working on that particular skill set.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Kansas Ref

Does the variation in your game fee compensation lead you to either "consciously" or "unconsciously" work "harder" or "less harder" when you're officiating a game?

If I choose to accept a game, regardless of the fee, I feel like I should work just as hard. If I accept that game, I have essentially agreed to work as hard as any other. But there are a lot of guys who see it differently - lower fee means lower expectations.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Smitty

If I choose to accept a game, regardless of the fee, I feel like I should work just as hard. If I accept that game, I have essentially agreed to work as hard as any other. But there are a lot of guys who see it differently - lower fee means lower expectations.

They all get my full mental effort, but I'm not going to pretend I run as hard when doing back-to-back run-of-the-mill AAU games as I would for a regular season college game.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Smitty

If I choose to accept a game, regardless of the fee, I feel like I should work just as hard. If I accept that game, I have essentially agreed to work as hard as any other. But there are a lot of guys who see it differently - lower fee means lower expectations.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

They all get my full mental effort, but I'm not going to pretend I run as hard when doing back-to-back run-of-the-mill AAU games as I would for a regular season college game.

I may bounce a ball across a lane, not switch/rotate with my partner all the time, report a foul outside the box, etc. But, I'm working hard.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

They all get my full mental effort, but I'm not going to pretend I run as hard when doing back-to-back run-of-the-mill AAU games as I would for a regular season college game.

This.

And we'll take shortcuts as grunewar mentioned, as well.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I don't work off-season basketball. I'd rather stand on a baseball field when it's 90 degrees than run up and down a court for 8 games and barely make anything for it.

I'd rather do neither.