One Man Game

[mick]

Originally Posted by sj

Also tell them that it's you associations policy that you get both checks.

I actually had one time they did hand me both checks. But it was a junior high set. Made for a decent night.

That's standard operating procedure for this area in baseball, softball and hoops.

[BayStateRef]

Standard here is 1 1/2 times the game fee.

[jeffpea]

the best "rule of thumb" for working a 1-official game is to: blow the whistle a lot early in the game! by setting the tone/standard, the players/coaches will adjust to you and you'll have a much easier game (without the elbow to the gut and ensuing fight that was mention in an earlier post).

[bigdogrunnin]

My rule of thumb is to work hard. Get GOOD ANGLES and don't worry so much about where you are on the court (just be out of the way of players). I will work the baseline, like a lead, or the trail, and sometimes I end up in a C position. Get where you can make good calls.

My WORST experience yet was 3 years ago. I worked an AAU Tournament with about 200 teams. We had 8 teams at our site for Pool Play. I called 5 McDonald's All-Americans that day. I called EIGHT (8) games that day by myself! 20-minute halves! First game, daddy runs to floor yells at me. I stop play, tell Game Administration he is out. Next game, I have a momma yell at me, on my way by I tell her to "hush!" Nary a problem the rest of the day. Oh yeah, my "partner" showed up at halftime of game #8. I figured I ran about 20 miles that day. My feet hurt like HECK for more than a week, and I lost the toenails off two toes. (Learned a lot that day.)

To date, I would say I have called around 50-60 games by myself in the past 5 years. You get used to it. You won't EVER like it, but it becomes manageable.

[Jimgolf]

When I work any games they're always one man. Fortunately, we have a small gym, otherwise we'd need a defibrillator.