[RX Ref]

I do seem to get more people yelling from the crowd at girls games than boys. It's funny though, I had 2 girls freshman games this week that were better than the girls varsity game I had.....

Originally posted by JRutledge
I do not care what level, night in, night out it has to be girls basketball. It does not matter if it is varsity all the way down to the 5th and 6th graders. Many of the teams has only one player that even knows how to handle the ball, and if that one player does not have the ball, LOOK OUT!! You are going to have problems no matter what you call.

I did a girls game tonite and it was probably the worst I have ever had at the varsity level. I was walking faster than the girls were dribbling. I had to catch myself and slow down because I was getting ahead of the dribbler and beating them to the backcourt and this was with pressure on the ball. It was awful. And will someone please teach these girls to box out for a change. Why are girls just coming under the basket like a magnet to metal and all of them just slapping at the ball instead of grabbing the damn ball. What are these coaches teaching these players?

And no, I am not saying it is difficult to call girls just because they are girls, I wish they had coaches that told them how to play, and stop treating them like little dolls that are going to break if you allow them to have contact.

I could do a JH boys game, and nine times out of ten, they have at least some players that understand what the hell is going on. Too many coaches are too busy trying to run the damn triangle instead of just teaching basic fundamentals on how to dribble and defend.

I have to say it is girls. They are not very well coached, they get other officials that cannot officiate. And when you go out there and hustle, call what you are suppose to call by the rules and have good mechanics, you get ripped apart because you are the only person that calls a actual travel or does not call a player out of control when they are trying to split two defenders just standing there. At least when you do a boys game, they have had some good officials consistently. You do a girls game and you give a damn, you are the best thing since the wheel, or the worst official they have ever seen.

Just an opinion, you asked.

Peace