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Welcome, Dayna! We have about 70 officials in our local association and the number of women who officiate basketball in this group is ... one. Very sad. I have been trying to figure out how we can attract more female basketball officials (for some reason, our region has a pretty healthy number of female volleyball officials...). Any suggestions would be welcomed.
For what it is worth, the one female who does work in our area is pretty good and from observation, from talking to her, and from working with her, my sense is that her job is made a lot easier when and where she has the trust and confidence of her partners. That's most of the time, but there are a few holdouts who never quite seem to get it.... Although it is "their" problem, it unfortunately does affect this official's experience.
Best wishes. And, thank you.
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