time to get in shape

Jeremy40 · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 05, 2001, 08:52pm

hey guys

i'm 23 so automatically i'm in fairly good shape, but i love to golf and i'm afraid my legs might be more used to walking then running. any suggestions as to what you guys do for running or exercising to keep in officiation shape?

thanks

jeremy

dhodges007 · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 06, 2001, 04:47am

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Originally posted by Jeremy40
hey guys

i'm 23 so automatically i'm in fairly good shape, but i love to golf and i'm afraid my legs might be more used to walking then running. any suggestions as to what you guys do for running or exercising to keep in officiation shape?

thanks

jeremy

Not to be a sarcastic, but start running...

Denny

RecRef · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 06, 2001, 02:41pm

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Originally posted by Jeremy40
hey guys

i'm 23 so automatically i'm in fairly good shape, but i love to golf and i'm afraid my legs might be more used to walking then running. any suggestions as to what you guys do for running or exercising to keep in officiation shape?
jeremy

I am 53 and I am in so-so shape. I have started to do a lot wind sprints of 30 yards or so during by lunch hour. I am also doing a lot of stretching work on the legs.

Tim Roden · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Nov 08, 2001, 01:18am

You may be 23 and in good shape. Be greatful and do some running. Wind sprints are great but for us older guys to just go out and do wind sprints may cause injury. Start gradual. Jog a mile or so before you do your windsprints. 30 yards is plenty since that is the most we will have to do in a game (94 feet = 31 yds). I wouldn't do full speed, but 90%. good luck. Enjoy the season. Next year start your offseason conditioning in March. You'll feel a lot better about yourself. I know I already do this year.

bigwhistle · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Nov 08, 2001, 10:37am

Tim,

You run from baseline to baseline? WOW!!!
Will you be my partner next week? I'll be glad to work the T all night and leave the L to you.

JAdams · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Nov 08, 2001, 11:41am

Thought about volunteering to work a few pre-season scrimmages? They're ususally game-like conditions, and most coaches appreciate officials who work them. Contact your assigner... he or she will know what scrimmages are available.

KingTripleJump · #7 (**permalink**) Thu Nov 08, 2001, 01:04pm

The other night at a scrimmage, I was just standing there watching some of the older guys work a Varsity game. (I had just got done doing a JV scrimmage.)

And one of the guys was so out of shape that he asked me to fill in! So I got to work a really great Varsity scrimmage and I got recognized by some of the other officals and some of the coaches. Needless to say, I was in shape.

stripes · #8 (**permalink**) Fri Nov 09, 2001, 11:00am

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Originally posted by Jeremy40
hey guys

i'm 23 so automatically i'm in fairly good shape

jeremy

I know lots of 23 yr olds who don't fit this bill, it is not automatic.

Start running.

Tim Roden · #9 (**permalink**) Sat Nov 10, 2001, 12:01am

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Originally posted by bigwhistle
Tim,

You run from baseline to baseline? WOW!!!
Will you be my partner next week? I'll be glad to work the T all night and leave the L to you.

Sure, As long as you promise to be the L for the second half.:-) I don't know about you but I have run 90 feet to help a partner out on a fast break if you want to count the six to ten feet behind the baseline I was when the fast break started.

Love2ref4Ever · #10 (**permalink**) Sun Nov 11, 2001, 08:18pm

I am in a aerobics program that meets twice a week from October to June. Then in the summer months here in New York City I continue to officiate basketball games in the summer leagues and that helps to keep me fit,due to the fact that you will get a "good sweat" officiating outdoors in the summer heat.Then I attend at least three officiating camps during the summer,with this program it helps me stay in shape all year round.