Today is day two of the Futures program for Region 9 here in Louisville. The format of the day is the same with shortened games being run the entire day and scorers submitting player votes to the tabulator after each game. The only difference is the number of athletes, teams and the age group. Today is the 16-18 age group and it is much larger. I started off the morning quite like yesterday with making new signs for the bleachers and posting signs and schedules.
After that I made sure the locker room was cleaned up and the coaches and referees had enough snacks and drinks for the day. By then it was about time to set up for registration. Today’s registration did take longer and we waited three sets of games for everyone to show up. They all did not play in the first round so some did not need to be there so early.
Once the registration was done I went over to the watchtower and again helped with tabulating. Even though it was a larger number of athletes for the day it seemed to run much smoother because everyone knew what they were doing and it was kind of in a groove.
In the afternoon my supervisor asked me to go around and take coffee orders from all of the umpires, coaches, and our workers. She and I walked across the street to McDonalds and brought them back for everyone as a “Thank You” and a pick-me-up for the rest of the day. They all appreciated it and it just was a nice gesture.
As the day dwindled down and it was in the last game of the day I started in on clean up duty. I took down all signage, cut caution tape barriers down, picked up loose balls, and took out trash from the umpires and coaches room.
When all the athletes had started to leave I helped take down the divider net to turn one field into two and put that away. We made sure everything was cleaned up, had a little wrap meeting and were on our way.
Overall it was a good experience. It was fun working a different event and I was glad to not be stationary the whole time.
After that I made sure the locker room was cleaned up and the coaches and referees had enough snacks and drinks for the day. By then it was about time to set up for registration. Today’s registration did take longer and we waited three sets of games for everyone to show up. They all did not play in the first round so some did not need to be there so early.
Once the registration was done I went over to the watchtower and again helped with tabulating. Even though it was a larger number of athletes for the day it seemed to run much smoother because everyone knew what they were doing and it was kind of in a groove.
In the afternoon my supervisor asked me to go around and take coffee orders from all of the umpires, coaches, and our workers. She and I walked across the street to McDonalds and brought them back for everyone as a “Thank You” and a pick-me-up for the rest of the day. They all appreciated it and it just was a nice gesture.
As the day dwindled down and it was in the last game of the day I started in on clean up duty. I took down all signage, cut caution tape barriers down, picked up loose balls, and took out trash from the umpires and coaches room.
When all the athletes had started to leave I helped take down the divider net to turn one field into two and put that away. We made sure everything was cleaned up, had a little wrap meeting and were on our way.
Overall it was a good experience. It was fun working a different event and I was glad to not be stationary the whole time.