LOT O' Reffin' Camp

[rainmaker]

Okay, it's corny and it's got too many apostrophes. But it's mine!! (Name courtesy of able and willing assistant).

Just got home and I gotta admit I'm feelin' pretty darn good. There were a zillion problems, but three zillion good things, so overall I can't complain. And neither can the campers. They were all very pleased, and said they learned a lot, and that they felt it was a great experience.

The high points:

Cute little pre-game kit which I designed and manufactured and gave with the packet.

Great speakers.

Really great evaluators. I was especially impressed with the way they adjusted their style and appproach to each camper. I didn't give a lot of instructions, but they seemed to know how to be helpful and encouraging, and still get the message across.

Very good championship game. Well the game wasn't that great, but one of the refs was a little shaky, but with a good pre-game, he did a great job. That felt great!

Four campers no-showed!! But the others chipped in and we got all the games covered with only calling in about three non-camp slots.


Things to do better next year:

Find more reliable video equipment, and someone to run it.

Schedule a little more tightly.

Screen applicants better.

About two more evaluators.

Different evaluation form.

Make sure Howard is there! (So that people can impress him with their improvement -- it's a real draw when the assignor for the next level up is at camp!)


Now, it's off to a very much needed and well-earned SLEEZZZZzzzzzzz.......