Camp - Best Lecture Topic

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

A brain.

A heart.

A home.

Oooooooh....

We're off to see the Wizard...

You laugh, but icallfouls and I actually sat through a 70 min. lecture on how the Yellow Brick Road is a metaphor for our officiating careers...it was the most surreal 70 min. of my life.

And leave the munchkins alone.

Word.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

You laugh, but icallfouls and I actually sat through a 70 min. lecture on how the Yellow Brick Road is a metaphor for our officiating careers...it was the most surreal 70 min. of my life.

And leave the munchkins alone.

Word.

It is a good metaphor for baseball umpiring. There's no place like home.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

You laugh, but icallfouls and I actually sat through a 70 min. lecture on how the Yellow Brick Road is a metaphor for our officiating careers...it was the most surreal 70 min. of my life.

And leave the munchkins alone.

You're right. I laugh. Howinthehell did you guys ever keep a straight face during sumthin' like that?

Now, if was maybe a story about assignors and a munchkin singing "Ding-dong, the witch is dead", it mighta been a l'il more interesting.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You're right. I laugh. Howinthehell did you guys ever keep a straight face during sumthin' like that?

Now, if was maybe a story about assignors and a munchkin singing "Ding-dong, the witch is dead", it mighta been a l'il more interesting.

Why is that? Did the munchkin kill the assignor? HAHA

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You're right. I laugh. Howinthehell did you guys ever keep a straight face during sumthin' like that?

Now, if was maybe a story about assignors and a munchkin singing "Ding-dong, the witch is dead", it mighta been a l'il more interesting.

Who said I kept a straight face??? The person giving the presentation was quite angry with me later in the camp when I told the campers not to take officiating so seriously - it's just something we do for fun and we need to keep it in it's place.

Made for some interesting conversations after the campers left.

[Adam]

So, uhm, where did the flying monkeys fit into his little comparison?

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

So, uhm, where did the flying monkeys fit into his little comparison?

Who said "his"? And they were flying right straight out of my a$$!!

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Who said "his"? And they were flying right straight out of my a$$!!

That must have hurt with those pointy spear things they carry.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Who said "his"? And they were flying right straight out of my a$$!!

Doh!

On both counts.

[icallfouls]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

You laugh, but icallfouls and I actually sat through a 70 min. lecture on how the Yellow Brick Road is a metaphor for our officiating careers...it was the most surreal 70 min. of my life.

I am still trying in therapy for that one. I always thought I should evaluate each play as they happen and then make a decision. I found myself calling 3 seconds in the yelow brick road....breathe, breathe... there's no place like.... i mean where's my happy place?

[icallfouls]

Some very excellent topics to be sure. I was intentionally vague so as not to have people eliminate any thing that interested them from this conversation. We are nearly done with our selection of topics. If anyone wants to know what we have let me know and I can list them.

Keep 'em coming

[NYBLUE]

Originally Posted by icallfouls

Some very excellent topics to be sure. I was intentionally vague so as not to have people eliminate any thing that interested them from this conversation. We are nearly done with our selection of topics. If anyone wants to know what we have let me know and I can list them.

Keep 'em coming

Sure, what have you got so far?

[Snake~eyes]

Hands down best topic IMO, that is great for beginners or vets, (so it covers wide variety of experience you may have at a camp) is conflict resolution. My 2 cents.

[Tio]

One of my most memorable experiences at camp was watching an NBA official break down game film. It was an eye-opening experience and has totally changed my approach to watching tape.

[Ref_in_Alberta]

I'd be interested to see your list...