How Many Games in a Week
 

Starting tonight, I've got 8 games in the next 6 days. What's the most you've ever done in a week?

Girls V last night
Girls JV tomorrow
Boys JV Friday
Freshman double header Saturday AM
Girls Frosh JV Double header Saturday afternoon
4 CYO games (7th-8th grade) Sunday afternoon.

What can I say? I'm a hoe. :D

I did the same thing last week. One HS game each night (Monday-Friday) and then 3 Bantam League games on Saturday.

At least I got re-acquainted with my bottle of Advil.

Youknow, I used to always have a bottle of Aleve (referee's candy) in my bag. last year, I started drinking Mona Vie Active formula. In spite of weighing too much, I haven't had to hit that bottle in two years. Its expensive, but well worth it.

Are you counting the weeks when I would do 8 AAU games in a single day?

During the regular season most weeks its 3 but occasionally 4.

I cannot remember. All I do I have worked 7 days a week and in some cases multiple games in a day (usually during the weekends). I do not do that anymore even if I could. Then again I was in college at the time and loved the money.

Peace

I had 8 games last week, but that will be my heaviest week of the season. In my first few years I used to do many more games, worked a lot of kids rec league games on the weekends in addition to my high school games during the week. After several years, I found that I was getting burned out and couldn't wait for the season to end. Now I generally try to not work more than 2 or 3 nights a week (some of those nights are varsity doubleheaders) and I enjoy my season a lot more. That's just what works for me; I know guys who have been doing this for 20 years who still work kids leagues every Saturday and Sunday, 5 or 6 games each day in addition to their varsity schedule. Just isn't for me. After all if you're not having fun, why do it?

I've got six this week including three Rec Games Saturday.

As has been pointed out by others, I have done multiple in a day (when I was younger), but now need to take a little nap even after just three or four. I don't do more than that anymore. I've done six in one day which pales in comparison to some numbers you will get here.

I've worked hard this year in a great many leagues to gain experience and improve my HS schedule - I'm happy to say its worked!

As has been said many times here before, if the Assignor calls, and you can do the games, take em!


* This just in......Mr Arbiter just informed me I have two more games on Friday. Wish I would get my games in a more timely manner........

1 jr high - M
Fresh/JV - Tu
1 jr high - W
1 Girls V - Th
4 boys rec - Sat.

9 games - 5 days.

The most I've had in a week is 10 (Monday-Saturday). It was a long week but a lot of fun and of course the money was nice too.

On Sunday, I don't think I moved all day.

Last year I replied to an email about a weekend tournament. I answered that I would be able to assist in officiating. 9 games on Saturday. 6 on Sunday.
They had a whirl pool at this rec center. I used it after my Sunday games.

I sometimes work 10 games on a weekend (2 Fri night and 4 each on Sat and Sun) and I have had weeks in which I have also worked 1 or 2 games a night Mon thru Thu, so I guess it's not incredibly unusual for me to work up to 18 games in a week, although it only happens once or twice in a season.

I did work a MS tournament two years ago in which I worked 15 games on a Fri night, Sat and Sun (3 on Fri night, 6 each on Sat and Sun). I required them to pay me a med allowance. :p

Disclaimer - some of the MS games are shorter than NF rules, i.e.: 6 or 7 minute quarters or running clock, but a lot of them are standard 8 minute quarters.

I'm not sure about a week, but one year I had 3 days off in January! I was living in the DC area at the time and when a few games got snowed out I was OK with it. Some of these games required travel to West Virginia (in snow) and the whole thing was brutal.

I couldn't do that again.

Once worked an all day independent tournament on a Saturday. 11 that day.

Same week our little kids rec league tourney was going on 4 nights. Twenty something games total, I think.

MS games 8 minute quarters??????:confused::confused::confused:

I did 7 last week, and that's about my limit. I find I spend the extra money on Ben-Gay. (That is an analgesic balm, not a reference to any person, living or dead.)

All the "independent" MS organizations in my area play 8 minute quarters. They have no formal association with the NF or any state association.

Did you hear there's going to be only 49 contestants in next year's Miss America contest? Apparently, no one wants to be Miss "I-da-hoe". :rolleyes:

I'm telling Imus about you. :D

Usually do only 4 a week.

Frosh Dbl header tonight
Frosh Tournament on THurs (2)
Frosh Tournament on Saturday (2)

Wow!
 

Either of these schedules would kill me and I certainly know I wouldn't be doing either team's justice in the final game(s).

My hat is off to you sir!

That 10 and 11 in a day is a hazy memory now, and looking back it seems hard to believe. I don't recommend it.

Two weeks ago I did 12 games, including 10 varsity, a personal high.

Last week-

Mon- V/Jr double
Tues- V/JR double
Wed- Jr/V double
Thurs- grade 9 single
Fri- Midget rep ( 16 year old girls) FIBA rules
Sat- 5 V boys tournament
Sun- bantam girls rep- fiba rules again

I once worked a week straight days of games starting every hour, 24 hours a day. Sometimes there weren't enough refs, so I worked two courts at once. The ship croossed the international date line, so there were 8 days in that week. Total: 213 games in the week.

Somebody's gotta say it.



LIAR!

Personally I would agree with some of the posts above, in the past I worked games every day but found that the season was getting too long and my enjoyment was going.

Now I work maybe 5 games a week at most, although can still do more and get asked to. The fun is back and it is no longer a chore. I referee because I like to, working different levels of games from junior (u16) through to senior national men (Div 1 College level), and it suits me.

This way I can enjoy the game, it is a hobby (even if I must be professional on court) that I enjoy. Doing too many games became like work and on top of a heavy day job something would have given - most likely I would have walked away. Now it is back to being a joy (and not even the most entertaining coach you can imagine can spoil it).

Yeah, but were you in the middle of a ten second count when it did and did you then add 24 hours to your count?

Remember that, you old-timers? ;)

BTW, Bob - is croossed Swedish chef talk for crossed? Did you use that because the games on the ship were using FEEBLE rules? :)

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The most I have done in one week is right around 35. I attended two camps, the first from Mon-Wed, the second Thu-Sat. The first day I did eight games. I now have chronic tendinitis in my right foot because of the over use. I'll never do that again.

Well, last night I thought I had it all worked out, worked two kids games and drove nine miles to Varsity game.

Twice I'm lead on free throws and wind up opposite table as both partners are making funny faces at me, and I'm locked in from two hours of two man being opposite table. Last time.

That's all I've done so far (and I've worked quite a bit of MS) but evidently some school districts do 6 min quarters.

Way Back when
 

I remember back to my second year the opening weekend was crazy and we didn't have enough officials. On Friday I had 2 JV games. They Saturday I had a JV game at noon, another at 3:00 and then another at 6:00. All were at different places. At the last one, my partner didn't show. I did the whole game alone. I go into the locker room, exhausted and the varsity official says your partner that didn't show was suppose to ref the varsity too. You have to. So I did the varsity as well. Went home and sat in the hottub! Oh and that was my first varsity game too.

Outside of a camp or summer league setting where I've had 4-8 games a day, the most I've had in a week is 10.

Was going to have 10 this week, but two games today got cancelled after schools were closed because of, um, heavy rain? Wind? I'm still not sure. This is South Carolina, and funny things happen. I did wake up to tornado sirens this morning at 4:00 a.m., but never would have guessed school would be cancelled...

A First For Me......and I hope a last
 

While it rained hard here yesterday too, my HS V game was not cancelled, just slightly delayed, because the Visiting Team school was on "lockdown" as it was across the street from the below incident....

Student tries to shoot math teacher at Va. college

A disgruntled 20-year-old student walked into a classroom at the Northern Virginia Community College campus in Woodbridge on Tuesday afternoon and fired at least two shots from a high-powered rifle at his math teacher, authorities said.

washingtonpost.com

Sad. :(

Our local kids rec league is supposed to start this weekend. The weather dudes are predicting light snow flurries mixed with freezing rain for Saturday. Here in Portland, that means the entire town shuts down and hibernates, so our Saturday games might be canceled.

Gee, back in Chicago where I grew up that would be considered just another day.

In DC....
 

We'd all be stocking up on milk, bread, and toilet paper....I mean gosh, who knows how long we'll be home bound? :o

16 this week
 

Sun - 1 youth travel league, then 2 CYO
Mon - bowling night!
Tue - 8th grade scrimmage, 7th grade scrimmage, 2 youth travel league
Wed - off
Thu - poker night!
Fri - 9th grade game, 8th grade game, 2 youth travel league
Sat - 2 youth travel league, 3 Men's Rec

16 with three off days is pretty impressive!

As of now, I'm only on for 7 next week. :D

Just got scheduled for one MS tourney this weekend, six games. Still have another tourney those days and also rec league yet to be scheduled.

My wife said to me, "You're pretty much not going to be home this weekend, are you?" I'm not quite sure why she wanted to know. :rolleyes:

Chicagoans know how to drive in weather. ;)

I know. Ever since I came to the Portland area (1971) I have just been stunned on how little knowledge there is here in how to deal with snow. I mean, we only get about 1/4 inch every 5 years or so, but when we do, the entire town shuts down.

In all my years in school in Chicago, I only missed one day due to weather and that was because the boiler broke at the school.

I guess here in Portland, we don't make snowmen, we make rainmen.

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Actually, the Rain Man was from Utah. A place where the population is divided into three roughly equal categories.

1. Those who know how to drive on snow, and even how to have a little fun with it
2. Those who bridge the knowledge gap with equipment (i.e., buy a monstrous truck or SUV, assume 4 wheel drive equates to "invincible on snow", and gun it!)
3. California natives attending college driving the new BMW daddy bought them with no clue how to drive on snow.

Those in group 1 despise those in the other groups.

Damn straight. Nearly slid off the expressway last night on my way home from a game. But I saved it. 4-wheel drive and all!

Those three groups are in equal representation here, as well. #3 is broken into subcategories, though. 3a. college students. 3b. Retirees from the south and CA. 3c. Military from the south and (a few) CA.

Did you detect a glimmer of hope in her voice? ;)

You guys in snow country want hilarity? Imagine 4" of snow hitting Houston like it did last Friday.

So far, it appears my busiest week will have me topping out at 10 games spread out over four days. That will be a fun week.

I have a few Saturdays this season where I'm doing a 2:45PM or 3PM varsity game and then doing another at 7:30PM. To me, that's a full day.

My busiest scheduled week this season is 6 varsity games over 5 days (M-T-Th-F-Sx2). It's enough for me.