How many games in one weekend.....

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by CLBuffalo

Ideal would be 1 on and 1 off but I don’t think that will ever happen.

No, ideal is one game in the morning, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. That is ideal!

[Steve M]

Not doing slow pitch, I don't know about the intensity of those games. I do know that one limit on the number of games I can do in a day is the intensity level. I can readily do 6, maybe 7, maybe even 8 games of high school aged games in a day. For college aged games, that number drops. For men's 'C' level ball, 6, maybe 7 games in a day. For men's major, don't ask for more than 4 games in a single day. Every time that these "limits" are pushed, the performance of the umpire goes down. I don't want to short the game, short the players, or damage my reputation as an umpire by not giving everything I can in every game I work.

Mike is right - ideally it's 1 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon, and 1 in the evening. But I can't afford to tie up an entier day for only 3 games. The 1 on, 1 off rotation seems to keep me pretty fresh over the course of a weekend.

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by Steve M

Mike is right - ideally it's 1 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon, and 1 in the evening. But I can't afford to tie up an entier day for only 3 games. The 1 on, 1 off rotation seems to keep me pretty fresh over the course of a weekend.

For a National Championship Final, or NCAA conference championship, fine. Generally, I dislike 1 on, 1 off; I get more fatigued in that format than 2 on, 1 off. And really hate the way you spend the whole day and seem to barely cover your expenses. Put me on 3 man rotation any day.

[Andy]

I have done 7 FP games in one day in the 2 on, 1 off format. I was beat at the end of the day, and I'm pretty sure that I was just in survival mode for that 7th game.

Ideal for me is four games in a day in a 2 on, 1 off format.

I did ten slow pitch in one day with one break several years ago, various ages nothing over 12u. At almost 53 I am getting to old to do that anymore. This year I did five 12u FP behind the plate with one break then did the final for six in one day. No one complained but I may have been bad all day so it didn’t matter. They had an IF game they wanted me to do but I went home, my legs started to go. Two on one off I think is the best. Sometimes if the sit too long you get stiff.

[SWFLguy]

Back when I was chasing a $$ I'd work up to
5 Slo-Pitch games in a tournament and triple
headers in regular season.
Now I don't even like high school FP double-headers !
One game is fun, more than that and it becomes a
part time job.

[Skahtboi]

The most that I have ever done in one day was eight. And that was far too many. I like to keep the max games that I work in one day to no more that four, though I will do five if my assignor has no other alternative.