Girls v Boys

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by deecee

maybe i should have covered all my @#$@#$ angles again

Why is it a problem to cover all your angles? Saying what you mean is a valuable skill, not a pia.

Originally Posted by deecee

-- I don't differentiate between boys and girls officials.

Unfortunately, undifferentiation between these officials may lead to not differentiating between the games themselves, which leads to doing a poor job, imho.

Originally Posted by deecee

IF you are a good official it won't take you long -- maybe the first 2 possessions -- to figure out what kind of contact can be passed and what needs to be called. Thats why you ARE A GOOD OFFICIAL.

This can be true if you've done the prerequisite study and practice, but it is by no means automatic. A person can be a very bad boys' official, and do a great job in a girls' game if they've never seen that the two are much different.

Originally Posted by deecee

We are not curing disease or poverty-

which is relevant, how?

Originally Posted by deecee

-we are using judgement and you either have it or not.

I strongly disagree with this. Judgemnt can be learned. I'd bet that at least half of the top college refs have had to learn and re-learn and re-learn again to have judgment and to make the adjustments necessary as they moved up. "Instincts" are nice, but certainly not necessary!

Originally Posted by deecee

The only real caveat would be someone who has only done boys or girls games their whole careers -- it might take them a game or 2

I'd venture it would take a lot longer, depending on how long their careers have been.

Originally Posted by deecee

but nevertheless I think an attribute of a great official is the ability to adjust to the level and style of game you are officiating that day.

I think that's probably a good generalization, but that greatness is based on experience and study, and can't be learned in one setting.