Summer Leagues - HS

[#olderthanilook]

I love this! Well said! Summer is definitely a great time to work on some things. It's also a great time to become a bit lazy and digress into bad habits. Not ever a good thing...especially the summer when one of the POEs is "Use NFHS mechanics".

Originally Posted by Freddy

Question:
Does a summer league scrimmage or league help you or those doing them become better officials?
If not, boycott.
Seriously.
I'm doing that tomorrow and Sunday. And encouraging others as well.
Just got email from local prominent coach: "Need bodies for tomorrow...32 teams coming...blah, blah, blah...all games will be 2-person games only...try to take 8 games if possible..."blah, blah, blah..."
Note: "...bodies..." That's what he considers us.
It's time for dedicated officals to differentiate between "they need me" and "I need this opportunity to get better."
I'm sick of trying to break officials of habits during the school season of shortcut habits they pick up doing eight games a day every weekend during the summer season.
Stop it.
If you have to do things to "conserve energy" in order to make it through the day, you've prostituted yourself.
Seriously.
Stop it.
Really.
Don't do that.

Get it? Got it? Good.

[jpgc99]

Originally Posted by #olderthanilook

I love this! Well said! Summer is definitely a great time to work on some things. It's also a great time to become a bit lazy and digress into bad habits. Not ever a good thing...especially the summer when one of the POEs is "Use NFHS mechanics".

I've said it before, but the only games I work during the summer are camp games or games assigned (and required to be worked) by an actual assignor of games in the regular season.

Since I moved, I don't have the latter, so I only work camp games. But I once worked for someone that assigned small college and required a certain number of summer youth games to be worked. I worked the minimum required. The basketball was bad, coaches were worse, and there was no benefit to me working them.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jpgc99

I've said it before, but the only games I work during the summer are camp games or games assigned (and required to be worked) by an actual assignor of games in the regular season.

Since I moved, I don't have the latter, so I only work camp games. But I once worked for someone that assigned small college and required a certain number of summer youth games to be worked. I worked the minimum required. The basketball was bad, coaches were worse, and there was no benefit to me working them.

Where are you living now?