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Scheduling
Feb. 22nd, 2005 12:35 amPlanning life...
With the last JV girls game tomorrow, my life already looks towards the future.
I am filling out forms, setting dates, and trying to visualize how 2nd session will work logistically on a daily basis for my summer job. Lunch calendars will need to be set. The 2nd session (August) will have a new twist I have never had to handle before, young ones. Heck, young ones with a different daily schedule than the older ones. I am usually Mr. Organized. I have a daily chart set out with all three weeks, broken down by each class time. Every job for every day has someone's name next to it. Now THIS 2nd session will involve classes changing at different times. It will involve one lunch leaving as another one starts while others are being picked up. There will be three different pick-up times depending on which program. There will be twice the number of lunch activities. Heck... I'm not sure when my staff and I are supposed to eat. I'll have to figure that out... hmmm... My assistant and I may have some work cut out for us.
Believe it or not, preliminary schedules are already being made for football reffing. wow...
I'm already glancing at a calendar and realizing that Rosh Hoshana and Yom Kippur are on weekdays which means I'll probably travel to NY to see R's parents on Thanksgiving day (after reffing football) instead of seeing them for those holidays.
Take my wallet and money, sure... but PLEASE leave the calendar! ;-)
R seemed to really enjoy the girls game Sunday. It was quite the exciting contest.
It was nice to hear her tell me how different they looked from the beginning of the year.
The parents of the girls (especially the ones who were with me the whole time) seem almost as upset as I am (although I hid it from them) that I got jerked around so much on who was with JV and who was not with players being given to me early, coming together to learn my system, then being taken away so that others had to be thrust into spots they were unfamiliar with.
Next year, I think I want to give JM everyone he can possibly handle/want, then just take the ones I KNOW I will keep all year and build them. I will just have to be more careful on scheduling to avoid some of the large public schools with higher "cut" points and older students. My 6th- and 7th-grade beginners can not match up against experienced freshmen/sophomores. We can be outsized or we can be outskilled. We can not afford to be both.
Umpiring is around the corner.
I need to send in their form.
I hope to do lots of Varsity for the CSL. My assignor has two leagues, one large "big-time" league in the ML, then one very low league in the CSL. Many would rather do all ML, even prefering ML JV and Frosh games to a CSL game. CSL is the same pay. When I show up to a Varsity ML game, the coaches wonder who I am. When I show up to the league champ game in the CSL, the coaches are so happy to see me and call me by name as they wave when I show up.
For the same money, I'll take the less prestigeous league if it means everyone smiles when they see me.
Sometimes I doubt myself. Sometimes I feel like maybe I'm not a good hockey coach. There are others who know more drills and have more knowledge and know how to drive a team more. Sometimes, I feel like the macho ones look down on me.
Then there are times, when I hear the parents talk to me about how much of a difference they feel I'm making in their daughters' lives or what a great experience this has been for them, I think maybe I'm ok. Sometimes, when I look at the girls' faces, seeing how much a comment noticing something good they did on the ice affects them... seeing how much I believe they improve each year right in front of my eyes, I feel like maybe I'm in the right place. Maybe no one will show up, look at me, and ask, "What are YOU doing here?!?" "Who are YOU to think you could coach hockey?!?" I know I should feel arrogant. I know I should feel wonderfully proud and confident.
I'm just really excited when I feel like I'm doing ok.
I don't believe in Heaven or Hell, etc. But if there is a Heaven, and I wind up there, I'm pretty sure I'll have a girls JV hockey game scheduled for that night. :-)
With the last JV girls game tomorrow, my life already looks towards the future.
I am filling out forms, setting dates, and trying to visualize how 2nd session will work logistically on a daily basis for my summer job. Lunch calendars will need to be set. The 2nd session (August) will have a new twist I have never had to handle before, young ones. Heck, young ones with a different daily schedule than the older ones. I am usually Mr. Organized. I have a daily chart set out with all three weeks, broken down by each class time. Every job for every day has someone's name next to it. Now THIS 2nd session will involve classes changing at different times. It will involve one lunch leaving as another one starts while others are being picked up. There will be three different pick-up times depending on which program. There will be twice the number of lunch activities. Heck... I'm not sure when my staff and I are supposed to eat. I'll have to figure that out... hmmm... My assistant and I may have some work cut out for us.
Believe it or not, preliminary schedules are already being made for football reffing. wow...
I'm already glancing at a calendar and realizing that Rosh Hoshana and Yom Kippur are on weekdays which means I'll probably travel to NY to see R's parents on Thanksgiving day (after reffing football) instead of seeing them for those holidays.
Take my wallet and money, sure... but PLEASE leave the calendar! ;-)
R seemed to really enjoy the girls game Sunday. It was quite the exciting contest.
It was nice to hear her tell me how different they looked from the beginning of the year.
The parents of the girls (especially the ones who were with me the whole time) seem almost as upset as I am (although I hid it from them) that I got jerked around so much on who was with JV and who was not with players being given to me early, coming together to learn my system, then being taken away so that others had to be thrust into spots they were unfamiliar with.
Next year, I think I want to give JM everyone he can possibly handle/want, then just take the ones I KNOW I will keep all year and build them. I will just have to be more careful on scheduling to avoid some of the large public schools with higher "cut" points and older students. My 6th- and 7th-grade beginners can not match up against experienced freshmen/sophomores. We can be outsized or we can be outskilled. We can not afford to be both.
Umpiring is around the corner.
I need to send in their form.
I hope to do lots of Varsity for the CSL. My assignor has two leagues, one large "big-time" league in the ML, then one very low league in the CSL. Many would rather do all ML, even prefering ML JV and Frosh games to a CSL game. CSL is the same pay. When I show up to a Varsity ML game, the coaches wonder who I am. When I show up to the league champ game in the CSL, the coaches are so happy to see me and call me by name as they wave when I show up.
For the same money, I'll take the less prestigeous league if it means everyone smiles when they see me.
Sometimes I doubt myself. Sometimes I feel like maybe I'm not a good hockey coach. There are others who know more drills and have more knowledge and know how to drive a team more. Sometimes, I feel like the macho ones look down on me.
Then there are times, when I hear the parents talk to me about how much of a difference they feel I'm making in their daughters' lives or what a great experience this has been for them, I think maybe I'm ok. Sometimes, when I look at the girls' faces, seeing how much a comment noticing something good they did on the ice affects them... seeing how much I believe they improve each year right in front of my eyes, I feel like maybe I'm in the right place. Maybe no one will show up, look at me, and ask, "What are YOU doing here?!?" "Who are YOU to think you could coach hockey?!?" I know I should feel arrogant. I know I should feel wonderfully proud and confident.
I'm just really excited when I feel like I'm doing ok.
I don't believe in Heaven or Hell, etc. But if there is a Heaven, and I wind up there, I'm pretty sure I'll have a girls JV hockey game scheduled for that night. :-)
