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LMAO.... buy a car or get towed... is that the concept?
yeah, but tell anyone...
LMAO.... buy a car or get towed... is that the concept?
I've actually thought about putting water in the dugout for the girls ... but not the "team type" of big jugs .. just bottles of water in ice and keep replenishing during the tournament in each dugout.
Bottle water is cheap enough.
Thought about it .. still checking on the liability issue...
Fastpitch & Fireworks Tourney-July 1-3(rain date of July 4)
-Pool arrangements.This I felt was crucial.With 4 pools,I arranged all the presumed A's,B's,C's and D's accordingly.They were grouped to play teams comparable to thier caliber as much as I could figure on records/season.Not arrang all the presumed #1's seperately in pool play but have them play each other and so on.Why just hand out trophies wthout playing the games?Why have a presumed #1 seed playing in a 'community based' pool?
Well, wildfire... have you ever left Expressway and then come back ?
Parking spot is of course gone and when they (teams) are all there... parking in the "boonies" come to mind or illegally in the car lot to the front.
Fastpitch & Fireworks Tourney-July 1-3(rain date of July 4)
I think I finally got it right.Friday,saturday pool play with sunday elimination.Rain day fell on Monday(Holiday).Very important this year!
-Took requests and played pool play friday for local teams and with requests,played teams that traveled from out of town to play thier pool play games saturday as late as I could.Helped prevent a night of hotel was the plan.
-Pool arrangements.This I felt was crucial.With 4 pools,I arranged all the presumed A's,B's,C's and D's accordingly.They were grouped to play teams comparable to thier caliber as much as I could figure on records/season.Not arrang all the presumed #1's seperately in pool play but have them play each other and so on.Why just hand out trophies wthout playing the games?Why have a presumed #1 seed playing in a 'community based' pool?
-Rain line was personal phone.Had message there but shocked and impressed people when they got a live person when they called.
-Friday went fine.Saturday,I moved 8am games back to 9:30 am.Rain started at 8am and didn't stop til 1:00pm.Rewrote the brackets twice,then cancelled saturday and moved everything to sunday/monday.If we were to play the remainder pool games saturday-they were to start around 2:30 and we were to drop on pool play game and give a refund for each game not played in the guarantee of games offered.Glad we cancelled the day-schedule back to regular with adding the rain day.Every hour of constant rain seems to need 1 hour of drying/prepping for game readiness.Had a coach updating OFC and website constantly with all updates.Coaches using those tools reduced phone calls.
-Out of 50 teams,only 1 team not able for bracket play.In that age group,all #1's were to have a bye.The missing team was a #1 seed.Re-wrote bracket with the 3 #1's and gave the new #4 and #5 a bye but play each other in the last #1 seeds spot.Informed coaches ahead of time and discussed solutions to make all happy instead of just laying it out there.
-Posted over-sized brackets instead of the normal 8x11 size.
-Run our tourney at 2 facilities with 4 fenced in fields.The fields we use host most of the OHSAA sectional,regional and district games.
-Almost all games had 15 minutes before the next games and fields were drug and re-lined between every game.2 umpires for every game.UIC at BOTH facilities-not a TD acting as a UIC but actual TD's.
-50 teams.No Bracket play had #1 seeds playing 8am games.I added 30 minutes down time into every day at 2:00 to be sure to get back on time.
-Not to toot my own horn but I think I planned/ran the Xtreme's tourney better and better every year.No matter how experienced,we can always improve.
-However,I should have had walking taco's.Had concessions at both sites and added icecream stand and airbrushing at one of the sites.
Let me help you tape that target on your back.
Dear Tournament Directors: Don't cancel a day of play at 11 a.m. just because you had a 30 minute down pour. Check the forecast, if it's going to be 90 degree, humid weather, there's a pretty good chance there's going to be fields that can be played on eventually....on the note about not bringing in coolers with drinks and food--we bring in ham, turkey, cheese, pickles, etc., and I don't care how much food I bring in, after a while, you just get tired of what's in your cooler, so we ALWAYS end up going to the concession stand for something different, like a walking taco or a shredded chicken sandwich.
Let me help you tape that target on your back.
I opened the door,but in a non qualifier,who would YOU want to play-1st or worst?I think i know the answer...but if I'm wrong,I could just up the fee $35 and give all a 1st place trophy?Bet you enjoy not being criticized this year?haha!Got love for ya Mike.