Shayleen Wood |
These two games were a big deal. Darby was unable to make it therefore it was up to us to get their early. We had to make sure referees knew where to go for their locker room then we had to make sure they got paid. Also, We had to get the Brief case and make sure tickets were out and clickers were out so people can count fans. We also had to go into the concession stand and make sure they had all their stuff to get the concession ready. During half time we had to also help run half time shows. Then at the end we had to make sure the brief case was in the right spot, concession stand door was locked and then we were good to go. Tiffin men lost 77-59 Tiffin women lost 81-75.
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This was a MUST meet. He told me last game that he was not going to be able to make it for the Ohio Dominican game. Therefore, he needed to sit down and talk to us for what will be going on. He simply told us that we are the assistant athletic director for that game. We had to be there super early to start getting things together but first he had to show us where he kept the brief case that had the tickets, money, checks, and couple other little things. Then he told us we needed to show the referees their locker room and make sure we pay them and have to be super nice to them because they do so much for us. He then said we had to get the table out for the ticket booth as well as get the things around for the halftime show for the dance team. He also had to show us where to get things, pop, snacks, etc. for the V.I.P room. We then just basically talked about how we needed to be prepared to answer peoples questions, get basketballs out, help the coaches if they need anything. We then helped him get some papers organized in his office. Then that was the end of our meeting.
Even though it was Valentines day, we still went on to interning at a basketball game. We got the privilege to help and run half time shows. We held a shoot out at the half time show for the men's game. At this shoot out someone has the chance to make a layup, free throw, and a three pointer. Whom ever made them all in first was the winner. My job was to rebound the ball for players as the other intern rebounded for the opposite player. For the half time show for the women's game we held a pizza eating contest. Both winners received a gift card to the Tiffin University bookstore. It was entertaining and we got to present a small award for the winner. We also held the rope, which preventing people with wet shoes from walking onto the court, that day as well. Also, we set up the ticket stand. Tiffin men lost 68-58. Tiffin women lost 64-63.
This meeting took a little longer because we had to discuss what we were going to do during the men's halftime and the women's halftime. He had two groups of students come in with their ideas from class. We did not get their name. One group came up with the lay up, free throw and three pointer and it was a race. The first person to make all three won a gift card to the bookstore. The other group came up with a pizza eating contest and the winner of that won a gift card to the bookstore as well. We talked about what our responsibilities was and that consisted of picking people from the crowd to come compete and our other job was to rebound the basketball for the players and for the pizza contest we had to carry tables out onto the floor along with a mat underneath just in case they make a mess. We had to make little changes here and there so help make the games go smoother but they did a pretty good job at coming up with halftime games to keep the fans entertained while the teams we in the locker rooms.
On this day, we still held the same responsibilities as the last two games. Along with being introduced to the VIP where we were responsible for making sure they had everything they needed. This is when we realized we were going to slowly move up the ladder to do more tasks. Tiffin Men lost 62-48. Tiffin Women won 68-64.
I had a meeting with Darby to find out if we will be doing more things other than the same thing over and over again. He promised me we would and that I just need to have patience with it just being the beginning of the internship. He then asked me what I thought about the first couple games. I told him that it was pretty boring the first couple games that I hope it would pick up more. He also asked me my thoughts about what we could do during half time of the two games. I told him that at my High School, we gave students a chance to shoot a three pointer for a dollar and if you made the three pointer you would get two dollars back but if you missed it then you would not get it back and that money would be given to the boosters to help pay for athletics at the school or put money toward something for the school. He said that is something we could consider and be a good way to raise money for Tiffin.
I called Jordan the same day and talked to him about possibilities on half time shows or games. He really did not have to much input on this but we did talk about what time we needed to be there for the game because we had to set up a table with shirts to try and sell some in memory of.... shirts. |