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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 07:47pm
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Night off

Wednesdays are dead nights around here. I'm actually home and not running to some far-flung gym to work another game.

Strange feeling. I'm starting to wonder if I'll be happy working 60% of my current schedule next season.

Anyone else live in a place where a certain night of the week is pretty much always a night off?
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 07:51pm
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I don't have a Wednesday game at all in January or February. I think I had one Wednesday game in December, and it was for 7th or 8th graders.

No games on Sundays either, unless I wanted to do travel/wreck ball (which I haven't this season).

If we had a few more weather-related postponements, my Wednesday nights would be filled up for sure. But so far we haven't had any bad weather to speak of. Our only major snowstorm of the year happened on a Sunday.
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 07:53pm
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Thursdays have been my nights off, but due to (is at least to me) strange school schedule, there have been no games since last Friday (finals I think). My next one is this Friday...not used to a full week off at this point in the season.
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:32pm
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I work pretty much 5 or 6 days a week. I like working a lot, I think it helps me stay on top on my game.

I love me family and I miss them when I travel too far, but over all that is rare.

We have 4 schools that are 40 to 60 miles away. We have 8 that are close by. When you figure, boys/girls/JV/Varsity. there are a lot of games to cover.

We also do Middle school, but I don't get a lot of those.
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:40pm
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Thursdays have been my nights off, but due to (is at least to me) strange school schedule, there have been no games since last Friday (finals I think). My next one is this Friday...not used to a full week off at this point in the season.
You can have my game tomorrow. It's about 100 miles from my house.
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:44pm
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Wednesdays and Sundays are my only nights off

as for distances
tomorrow: 70 miles
friday: 165 miles
next week I have one 237 miles away
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:52pm
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Wednesdays and Sundays are my only nights off

as for distances
tomorrow: 70 miles
friday: 165 miles
next week I have one 237 miles away
These are college games I hope?
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Old Thu Jan 24, 2013, 10:50am
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Wednesdays and Sundays are my only nights off

as for distances
tomorrow: 70 miles
friday: 165 miles
next week I have one 237 miles away
I hear that!

Last night: 111 miles away
Tonight: 168 miles away
Saturday: 90 miles away
Monday: 351 miles away!
Tuesday: Oil change!

Thankfully, all college...
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:47pm
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You can have my game tomorrow. It's about 100 miles from my house.
Farthest school I've had to cover is 50 miles away...no mileage either and only one game assigned.
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:49pm
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Every Monday and Thursday, as I have 2 boys playing Junior high and Elementary.
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:55pm
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Wednesdays are dead nights around here. I'm actually home and not running to some far-flung gym to work another game.

Strange feeling. I'm starting to wonder if I'll be happy working 60% of my current schedule next season.

Anyone else live in a place where a certain night of the week is pretty much always a night off?
Here in Utah, girls play on Tues./Thurs. and boys play on Wed./Fri. Never do games on Monday or Sunday. There are occasional games/tourneys on Saturday.
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Old Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:17am
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Here in Utah, girls play on Tues./Thurs. and boys play on Wed./Fri. Never do games on Monday or Sunday. There are occasional games/tourneys on Saturday.
This is not totally accurate. I only work on Tuesdays and Fridays (I block all other days) and I NEVER work girls games. The boys play on Tues, Wed and Fri.
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Old Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:35am
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I'll work 4-5 days/nights a week. Mon and Wed are my most likely days off. As others have alluded, I could probably do more games, but I have work, family, and other responsibilities and prefer to give myself some latitude and flexibility just in case.

My furthest game will be ~ 35 miles - round trip! Be jealous!!
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Old Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:57am
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As I get older, I really enjoy having the occasional night off. Most of the time it's Monday and/or Wednesday. But of course those are some times filled with an association meeting or a juco game.
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Old Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:49am
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This is not totally accurate. I only work on Tuesdays and Fridays (I block all other days) and I NEVER work girls games. The boys play on Tues, Wed and Fri.
You in the south association?
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