The last two days I have been working out at the University of Louisville's spring Field Hockey tournament. I have never seen a field hockey game in my life until this weekend and I learned so much. I was again assigned to work this event as part of a small team. I just wore jeans and a Louisville shirt for the weekend. The guidelines were to not wear anything from another school and to have the "3 B's" covered (breasts, butt, and belly.. in case you were wondering). I found that to be humorous and one I will save away for future use.
Once arriving on site I met up with the assistant field hockey coach and she told me I was in charge of the score board, clock and air horn. The regular clock/stadium horn was on the fritz. I was glad to have something that would keep me busy the whole time as well as still be able to see the game. I had to work with the umpires for when to turn the clock on and also when players got penalties. The players would come and sit at the chair next to my table and I told them when to go back in dependent on what color card they got for their penalty. It was a long day but I had fun, and as I said I learned a lot about a sport that was foreign to me previously.
The one thing I am starting to pick up on abut interns at the Louisville is that they have plenty of them! There are always people around to help. This wasn't the case on Saturday which allowed me to work the entire time and not feel useless but on Sunday I felt there were too many people there for the job which resulted in a bit of standing around. On Sunday I was in charge of taking teams to locker rooms in the Student Activities Center which was a short walk from the fields. When a team would lose or were done for the day I went to find the coach and told them I would be their escort to the locker rooms. It was a cool experience and I'm looking forward to working Field Hockey again sometime.
Once arriving on site I met up with the assistant field hockey coach and she told me I was in charge of the score board, clock and air horn. The regular clock/stadium horn was on the fritz. I was glad to have something that would keep me busy the whole time as well as still be able to see the game. I had to work with the umpires for when to turn the clock on and also when players got penalties. The players would come and sit at the chair next to my table and I told them when to go back in dependent on what color card they got for their penalty. It was a long day but I had fun, and as I said I learned a lot about a sport that was foreign to me previously.
The one thing I am starting to pick up on abut interns at the Louisville is that they have plenty of them! There are always people around to help. This wasn't the case on Saturday which allowed me to work the entire time and not feel useless but on Sunday I felt there were too many people there for the job which resulted in a bit of standing around. On Sunday I was in charge of taking teams to locker rooms in the Student Activities Center which was a short walk from the fields. When a team would lose or were done for the day I went to find the coach and told them I would be their escort to the locker rooms. It was a cool experience and I'm looking forward to working Field Hockey again sometime.