is there a difference?

[mick]

Originally posted by timharris
a fellow official friend of mine had a strange conversation with and official from another association in our area. the gentleman from the other association was saying that they call girls basketball much different than boys and im wondering how do you do this; i mean a foul is a foul and a travel is a travel; how do you call each game different, i mean if theres no advantage we let it go, i guess im just finding it hard to believe you can call each one different, does anyone here have and opinon on this?

timharris,
From what I have pbserved, the difference is the force of the contact (ie, ft/lbs of an action), but the violations remain very similar.

Less contact, it seems, is desired in Girls' ball for both defenders and offensive players. The game is called closely.

Perhaps this is due to the perceived difference in strength and the abilities of players to *play through* an action.

mick