A new record!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Danvrapp

Working the King James tournament in Akron, OH on Saturday. Scheduled to work a 4-game set. Halftime of the second game, site director says we're adding 3 more. First time I've ever worked 7!

I can honestly say I handled it physically better than I handled it mentally. After that 5th one, I had to keep reminding myself to stay focused. Fortunately, it was all 5th grade and didn't have to do much more than run baseline to half-court, but 7 games is still 7 games...

Any other "fun" stories of working way too many games in one day?

I would have told him he needed to call the assigner to get some officials for those final three games. No way I'm doing 7 in one day.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by adam

i would have told him he needed to call the assigner to get some officials for those final three games. No way i'm doing 7 in one day.

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[BktBallRef]

Worked 4 on Saturday. 2 on, 2 off, then the last 2.

Doesn't really have anything to do with adrenaline. It's simply a matter of taking a break to change uniforms, get some sustenance and a little rest of tired muscles.

[Mark Padgett]

Quite a few years ago, I worked a "competitive" MS tourney at a local HS. There were some kids whose dads were in the NBA, mostly with the Trailblazers. We played NF rules with a 5 minute halftime. There was 10 minutes between games.

On Friday night, I worked 3 games. On Saturday, I worked my assigned schedule of 4 morning games and then stayed to work 4 more for a guy who cancelled due to a "last minute" illness. On Sunday morning, I got there to work my 4 and the sponsor asked me to stay and do another 3 including a semi-final and the championship game. Since it was my wife's time of the month and I really didn't want to go home, I said OK.

Fortunately, I was scheduled to go in late to work on Monday so when I got home, I slept about 12 hours. Then I went to the pharmacy to get refills.