Regionalism in Officiating

[JRutledge]

I am currently at a camp in Ohio this Saturday.

I noticed some very slight differences from officials from both Indiana and mostly Ohio. I would not say any of these differences were major or even in conflict with anything that is taught. I just noticed that some philosophies were different. The basic understanding of mechanics and philosophy was really the same. Part of the reason that might also be that way is this camp is run by a D1 college assignor (he also assigns D2 and D3 ball as well throughout the 3 states). Also one of my mentors works D1 ball for this assignor as well. So the things we get taught I am sure filters down from assignors like this. The differences were not so striking that I could not adjust or did not know what my partners were doing. And I did not see any problems with my partners having any problem with my mechanics or signals.

Peace