How many games?
 

Now that schools are closed until after the 1st, I won't have any more games this year. I reviewed my game log spreadsheet and found I had, what was for me, a relatively "light" year. I worked 149 games. I guess I'm getting old. In the past 10 years, I've averaged about 200 - 225 and worked 256 one year.

How about you guys? I'm talking about a calendar year from January through December.

116 from January to December. I don't do any rec ball or anything in the summer though. Most of those are JV/V doubleheaders with a few fall JH games mixed in this September/October.

I would guess somewhere around 125 counting AAU/YBOA/USSSO etc....Certainly no more than 150. 7 more to go this month. All after Christmas.

101 basketball (40 HS/JR high, 61 rec league)
5 baseball
35 softball (10 fast-pitch, 25 slow-pitch)
30 football

171 total games in 4 sports. Need more games.

Little over 110 in basketball, counting 3-6th grade games. Might of hit 50 baseball/softball games total last year because of weather and utter lack of coordination by the rec league director,who is the HC in my GV game tonight, in my summer ball stuff.

Between 110-120 basketball games a year. I don't do any other sport,

Robby

I need to crunch my numbers still for football and basketball but if I had to guess about 45 for football. Basketball ~75.

For the year:

34 rec/USSF soccer
79 HS Soccer (38 Girls, 41 boys including playoffs)
12 college soccer- D3 and club

27 MS basketball ( 13 G 14 B)
81 HS basketball ( 28 V, 31 JV, 22 F)

233 contests total.

Whew.

I'm A Lightweight Compared To You Guys ...
 

About seventy. Almost all scholastic, a few AAU. I don't work recreation leagues any more.

214 baseball and basketball combined. Does not count camp games. No more than a handful at less than HS level.

214 baseball and basketball combined. Does not count camp games. No more than a handful at less than HS level.

About 150 basketball, 50 baseball if that. Basketball wins over baseball given the choice.
70% of my games are high school- the rest are competitive club games.

I worked 288 games (Basketball, Baseball, and Football).

BGV double-header last night finished out 2010 for me. 322 basketball games, from juco down to jh with a dozen or so at the 5th/6th grade level. This includes summer camps, pre-season jamborees and the like.

I'm grateful to have the next couple of weeks off for family and the holidays.

About 60 basketball games and maybe 30 baseball games. When I first got into this racket I used to do a few hundred basketball and 70 or 80 baseball in a year. I found that I got burned out and didn't enjoy it as much. The number of games I'm doing now works well for me. I don't do any youth tournaments or travel team type games in either basketball or baseball. Basketball is only school sanctioned games, jr high through varsity high school. Baseball I do virtually nothing but high school games.

You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth ...
 

Been there. Done that. Thirty years ago I was saving up for my three kids to go to college. Money was an important factor in accepting games. My kids have pretty much finished college, at least the part that I pay for. I now officiate for many reasons, money may not be the most important.

Assuming no schedule changes or adds, I'm set for 222 for 2010.

In 2010, I worked 53 basketball games (48 varsity HS, 5 juco), 40 football games, and about 90 baseball games (including 20 overseas in a tournament). If I could figure out which sport to cut from my life, I would, but I like something about all of them.

I have 2 more basketball games in 2010. I had a holiday tourney lined up, but it was canceled in November.

I'm trying to figure out a way to add baseball back into my schedule.

I don't work a lot by choice. But this upcoming week will be my busiest week of this season. 2 BV tourney games on Monday and Tuesday then a college game on Wednesday and on New Year's Eve. 6 in one week is the most you'll ever catch me working outside of a camp environment.

Do you go to class? ;)

I did 175 games this yr. (lost 19 to snow).

Well, we're covered in snow. Thinking I'll lose at least my 2 games on Monday. :mad:

I'm now hooked up with games on Wednesday and Thursday this week -- one odd conference game (an odd time to play one, anyway) and a non-conference game the next night. More than enough for a holiday week. My busy part of the schedule starts on January 4, when I start with 8 games in 10 days.

OMG..I will do a total of FIVE January and February as a Rookie. I have a 3 week gap between games which is a bit frustrating especially when you need to be run out onto the floor as much as possible to learn.:confused:

How do you get your games? If it's through one assignor in an association, you need to have a conversation with that person. You *do* need to work more than 5 games in 2 months. 5 games (for me) is a good week.

61 HS Basketball games (57 V & 4 JV)
27 Other Basketball games (15 Rec & 12 AAU)
23 HS Football games (13 V and 10 JV)

111 games Total

Are there any recreation leagues in your area that your assignor doesn't book? They aren't the greatest but you need floor time.

Back in the day, I worked whenever someone asked me. Most I had in a year was in the 150's, 153 I believe. That included from YMCA-Rec League-Church League-traveling leagues- and H.S. Nowadays, I'm in the 30-40 range. This is basketball only.