A new record!

[Stat-Man]

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?

At camp last summer, only 12 officials signed up. So, we had four crews of three for the entire day.

The schedule (games from 8a-8p) was such that a crew would do three games followed by a break before doing three more.

It wasn't too bad, but partway through the day, one of my partners had to leave early, leaving a crew of two for the next 2½ games. Thankfully, the observers for those games were sympathetic and let my remaining partner and I know that as long as we did our best, they weren't going to critique us unless we missed something very obvious.

With what was supposed to be our last break of the night, my partner were called to fill in on another court instead (so much for dinner). thankfully, we had a third official join us, so it wasn't too bad. The last game of the night was a championship game that went down to the wire. Despite being sore and tired, it was a fun game to officiate.

For the day, I officiated 11 games in 12-plus hours. While i enjoyed the chance to learn 3-person mechanics and get valuable feedback, I'm in no hurry to officiate that many games again.