Officiating Other Sports??

[Daryl H. Long]

I got into officiating 29 years ago after a stress fracture in my leg (so severe doctor said if I was a horse he would have to shoot me) ended my NCAA track career at BGSU.

Started with slow pitch softball in summer and from there went directly to football, basketball, baseball, and fast pitch softball. Thinking about taking up track in spring and them volleyball next summer.

[Mark Padgett]

As I've stated previously, I also officiate croquet. Oh yeah, my wife and I raised three kids. That took a lot of refereeing.

[dbking]

I avoided any other sport for 25 plus years.

I will tell you now that football is a great benefit to basketball and vice versus. I think that you call that a symbiotic relationship. The only bad about football is precipitation of any kind and cold.

[coach41]

Volleyball is definitely a lot different than basketball. You're basically standing around looking at the action. The judgment calls in volleyball involved the player + ball and not player+player usually.

It's different but I'm having fun so far. I don't know if I'll ever go to high school volleyball but the youth league is relaxed enough to just keep me busy for a while.

[referee99]

has a lot of similarities to basketball. Lots of physical contact and judgment of whether players were able to play through it. Relatively simple rules wise, but lots of advantage/disadvantage situations and need for awareness with what is going on with the players.

Volleyball is a challenge for someone from outside the sport. Looks easy, but it is not. In my 3rd year I am just starting to get comfortable, relax and officiate. Handling calls remain inconsistent.

Softball, slowpitch and now some fastpitch. Similar to basketball in that positioning and mechanics are important and rules understanding is something one can improve upon to a great degree.

[JRutledge]

I officiate football and baseball. I think being a multi-sport official makes me a better official in all my sports. I deal with more game management issues than I would just working one sport. And each sport teaches you how to deal with different situations and expectations that you can apply to each sport differently.

Peace