When to give it up...

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

Boys play vertically.

Girls play horizontally.

Call all games the same way, it's all advantage/disadvantage, once you get that clear it's not that hard.

Over thinking the difference is what causes trouble.

And with that being said, what is considered an advantage and one and a disadvantage in the other is not always the same thing. This is why people have a hard time transitioning. And not knowing the differences in expectations is what gets a lot of people in trouble or makes their job difficult in the first place. This is why many people if given a choice simply choose. And there is nothing wrong with choosing. You do not have to prove to one side or the other that you are dedicated to that side of ball.

Peace

[eyezen]

Getting ready to travel to my game today so I'm going to make a couple of quick points.

1) First thanks to all who have replied, there have been a lot of very good replies in this thread, and a lot of advice can be taken from them. And thanks for mostly keeping the discussion away from girls vs boys, I was hoping it wouldn't degenerate to that and it didn't.

2) Second, remembering that the underlying point of my OP was in regards to an officials progression, in particular mine, or anybody else that is trying to move up. Had this thread been instead of HS girls basketball and mens college and replace it with JH/9th,etc and HS varsity. Would that change your response?

[rockyroad]

It would not change my reply - or it wouldn't if I had actually replied already. But I will reply now to the general topic of "when should you stop doing any particular level of ball?" To me it's a simple answer: you stop when that level of ball stops being fun for you.

If switching back and forth between levels is really causing that much stress and confusion, then stop doing it. In my career, I "quit" doing HS ball before my 5th season of small college ball - I still enjoy the HS game and still go watch a lot, but it was not much fun for me anymore because the games really are called quite differently and I wasn't handling that very well. So I made the decision to stop. I still do a few nights each season when the local assignor is really stacked up, but it was a decision that worked well for me.

So, if you're not having any fun and not enjoying yourself doing girls HS ball, then stop doing it.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

So, if you're not having any fun and not enjoying yourself doing girls HS ball, then stop doing it.

And this is the truest statement of this entire thread. It is not about whether it is hard to go back and forth or not. If you are not enjoying it, why put yourself through the trouble.

I used to work baseball and softball in the spring. I found that I did not have the same passion for softball, so I quit. One of the best decisions I made in officiating.

Peace

[eyezen]

Just got home, it went good. Thanks a bunch to all.

Later.