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Generally, I repeat, Generally, I have found that the amount of controversy, abuse, bench jockeying and holy-then-god coach attitudes allowed during a contest are directly proprotional to your ability officiate your contests.
If you allow it in your games, it will come back to haunt you. Then you start second guessing yourself and everything your doing. Next thing you know, it becomes everyone elses fault, (coaches, parents, player, AD's, etc) execpt your own, and you are probably the cause of your failure but , don't want to admit it. It is easier to say I want the lower level games because of the coaches or players, than because I can't handle it.
I can respect the official that realizes the limits of their officiating ability and backs off the more competetive contests however, usually this is not the case though and many have higher expectations than their ability really is.
Personally, I have found that officiating a higher competitive game is easier because you can expect plays to be made because the skill level is higher. Therefore you can generally, excerise the correct mechanics to make the correct call and not worry AS MUCH about the unexpected. Pitchers are more around the strike zone and catchers make sure you see the strike zone, outs are more routine on ordinary plays and the game is played more in line with the rules because the teams and coaches are more knowledgable of rules. Of course there are exceptions to this, but for the most part it is true.
Except for the fact that I probably feel worst about making a mistake during a contest than the teams, I definetly enjoy the challange of knowing that a game was farly played because I officiated it, and the higher the level, the more the reward. And yes, I do enjoy receiving a good days pay for a good days work.
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