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One of the most important things in officiating is consistency, and this is what many of the posts above are really talking about. If you always officiate varsity boys basketball, you will likely identify the key things that you need to do to be consistent with the other officials that referee the same level, gender, type of basketball. If you do not quickly become consistent with them, you will not be calling that level for long.
In some areas, there is a noticeable difference in how the game is called --- by the various level (Varsity vs JV vs Youth), by the gender (boys vs girls), etc.
Any official will struggle when you take him out of the area where he works most of his games if the expectations are different.
For those of us that go to college camps, we often see this. There is a certain expectation teams, players, and coaches have for summer ball. They are used to getting a certain quality of official. When college guys come in, there is often a disconnect. The coaches don't realize they are getting the best officials in the area working their games; to them, we are actually inconsistent to how most of their summer games are called.
"When in Rome" can vary locally between the two genders and the various levels even in one area.
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