Indiana First Districts and Actual active dates

[EricH]

Originally Posted by alephzer0

I do actually have a good amount of technical experience, and can be mature when the situation calls for it. I work pretty well with computers and stuff, and I learn quickly. I was thinking about doing something like scorekeeping; do you think that would work out?

Probably not.

It's not the technical ability in this case, it's the (assumed*) age. Scorekeeping is a very high-stress job, very great responsibility. The scorekeeper has the "field control panel" that tells the robots that the match is starting, somebody is getting bypassed, the foghorn needs to sound... AND they have to take input from the head ref about fouls/cards, the FTA on bypassing, etc. I want to say that's one of the positions that has to go to HQ for training; otherwise, the FTA or FTAA would be training you. For some reason, I can't pull up the description in VIMS, but the other half of that job title is "Field Power".

That said... If I was you, I'd volunteer for field setup, and specifically tell the FTA and Field Supervisor that you'd like to help on the electrical side whenever they start doing that, with the goal of eventually becoming a scorekeeper. They'll be able to help guide you a bit better. (I'm a ref and inspector, at two different events--but when I was in high school and college I tended to end up on setup/teardown.)



*Given that the question about volunteering at an event with/without the team, I'm assuming you're still in high school. I could be wrong.

[alephzer0]

Originally Posted by EricH

Probably not.

It's not the technical ability in this case, it's the (assumed*) age. Scorekeeping is a very high-stress job, very great responsibility. The scorekeeper has the "field control panel" that tells the robots that the match is starting, somebody is getting bypassed, the foghorn needs to sound... AND they have to take input from the head ref about fouls/cards, the FTA on bypassing, etc. I want to say that's one of the positions that has to go to HQ for training; otherwise, the FTA or FTAA would be training you. For some reason, I can't pull up the description in VIMS, but the other half of that job title is "Field Power".

That said... If I was you, I'd volunteer for field setup, and specifically tell the FTA and Field Supervisor that you'd like to help on the electrical side whenever they start doing that, with the goal of eventually becoming a scorekeeper. They'll be able to help guide you a bit better. (I'm a ref and inspector, at two different events--but when I was in high school and college I tended to end up on setup/teardown.)



*Given that the question about volunteering at an event with/without the team, I'm assuming you're still in high school. I could be wrong.

Thanks. You're right, I am in high school right now (I'm a junior).
I just was curious, particularly because I was not intending to do something physically intensive (my aversion to physical activity being what it is) like setting up the field, but I still wanted to volunteer.
I also was not aware of some of these things, so thank you for telling me.