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Fri Feb 11, 2005, 12:26pm
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It seems like each person needs to find their own balance. I know some officals, young and old, that can work 5-6 nights/days a week a still be fresh the next day, while there are others that work 2 or 3 days and still need to cut back
 To me, the hardest nights are the ones where I have to do a JV and V game. I know there are many of you now rolling their eyes, thinking, "What a wimp! That's all I do every night!". But the hardest part for me is not the physical part, but the mental part at the beginning of the second game. You get into a certain flow of the first JV game, get used to the players, etc. When you come out for the second V game, the uniforms are the same colors, but the players are (usually) faster and better, and the game is entirely different. It's hard to switch gears for those first few minutes. I've found myself more drained at the end of those nights than at the end of a single game double-overtime nail-biter. In fact, 3 nights a week of those double games is enough for me, while I can easily survive 5 nights of single games, even at the college-level. 
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Fri Feb 11, 2005, 12:30pm
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This is fun
I manage a golf course so the winter months are pretty much free to do what I want to do.
Started this season on Nov 18th have worked Nov 12 games on 9 days Dec 23 games on 17 days Jan 35 games on 23 days Feb 10 games on 8 days so far. 80 HS games on 57 day thru 2/11 with only about 2-weeks left then I'll have to go back to the course and get ready for the season there. And I'm having a blast doing them.
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Fri Feb 11, 2005, 12:45pm
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I actually work less during the season.
I usually average 3-4 days a week meaning anywhere from 3 to 6 games, if a MS or frosh/JV doubleheader gets thrown in. During the offseason I tend to work 4 to 6 days a week and anywhere from 12 to 30 games. It's pretty common for me to work 600-800 games a year. I had a July and August a few years ago where I did 114 and 110 games. I had 6 days off in 2 months and 3 of those were because of the 4th of July. The season IS MY VACATION. 
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Sun Feb 13, 2005, 07:39pm
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95 high school games so far this season with seven more scheduled in the next two weeks and then hopefully one playoff game. This will be my busiest year so far.
I won't do any CYO or junior high games. Too disorgnaized and not enough supervision so I stay away from those. I also want to be at my best for the high school games I do. During the off season I do high school only only, somewhere between 75 and 100 games. Anymore would be too much. I want to stay in shape, work on my mechanics and judgement, but not get burnt out. Besides I coach girls volleyball in the fall and boys volleyball in the spring. I don't do any AAU ball. You could not pay me enough to work AAU.
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Mon Feb 14, 2005, 07:35am
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Usually work Tuesday and Friday. Some nights are frosh at 1 school and varsity at another, frosh/jv double-header, or varsity double-header. I have stopped working rec games because I need a couple of days between working (knee going bad) and this might just be my last year of officiating. I used to work as many games as some of you do, but my age is catching up fast!
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Mon Feb 14, 2005, 08:40am
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Obviously, everyone has a different idea about what is the right number of games. For me, 4 games a week (HS and small college) would be ideal. Unfortunately, the schedule makers don't always cooperate. Three weeks ago I had two games over nine days and tonight I will be doing my 9th game in ten days.
The only thing I refuse is doing more than two games in a day. I did 4 games in one day once, I did not enjoy it, neither did my wife. Jay
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Mon Feb 14, 2005, 10:05am
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I get calls to work off-season basketball, but I turn them all down. One sport at a time suits me just fine. And it usually gives me a full month off between sports so all the sore spots go away for a while. I may do a camp or two this season, which is an exception to my rule  --Rich
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Mon Feb 14, 2005, 11:01am
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AAR, I'm not complaining about working, I'm a basketball junkie. I actually don't work as much as some in the DC area. I just want to keep improving since the most important time for officials, IMO, is coming up. The camps for me is kind of like the season for HS players. I want to "win it all" at the camps I go to so I want everything to be tight. I already plan on resigning, at least partially, from one organization I work for next year. The result will probably just be more games from someone else instead of less games overall. The tough officiating competition in the DC area makes me feel obligated to be out there working in order to move up.
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Mon Feb 14, 2005, 11:36am
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I also live in the DC area, and there are lot of games at any given time. I normally work at least 5 days a week. I felt like I was burning out. After a couple of days of rest, I was calling for more games. I agree with Tomegun, that this is an important time of year for officials.
Tom: It was nice to see that you graced us with your presence on Friday at Uno's. Sorry that the old man's dentures were in the sauce!
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Mon Feb 14, 2005, 05:21pm
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Tue Feb 15, 2005, 01:54pm
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Dblref: We both work for 134 in MD and also a couple of other associations in the DC area. Tomegun does work for 12 in DC.
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Wed Feb 16, 2005, 04:49am
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And I used to work for bd. 12 too! Funny how tomegun and I made the DC/Nevada switch.
I am soooooooooooo glad that you started this thread and wrote that post, Tom. I have been trying to get the guys out here to understand just how much ball and at what a high level there is available back there. Having never experienced it, most of them just don't get it. A season back there really amounts to about 2 1/2 of experience out here IMO. Bd. 12 alone had about 170 schools and over 300 officials when I was a member. I know that there were times when I was working basketball seven days a week for a couple of weeks straight when I lived back there. Some nights I would even work an early game in the inner high in DC and then go out to MD and do a late game. It was crazy! Crazy, but a blast. The downside was that I did hurt my achilles one year there, and I am convinced that it was due to overwork. I was in my mid-twenties and very physically fit, but I didn't stretch out well because I was young and stupid and I often had to come to games straight from work. I had to miss almost an entire winter HS season to recover. A real downer. So if you are going to continue to push yourself at this current pace, the please make the effort to train and take care of your body.
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