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This topic seems to come up every year - usually about this time of the season...are there lots of blow-outs in girls ball? Yep...are there blow-outs in boys ball? Yep... a case in point - yesterday here in WA we had a State playoff game where one of the teams scored only 22 points the entire game, and yes it was a girl's game...meanwhile, we had a game where one of the teams scored exactly 0 (that's read zero) points in the first quarter on their way to losing by 25 points...and that was boys...it is certainly every person's right to choose to do only one side of the game, but to make comments like "be subjected to girls ball" is just plain stupid...
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Likes and dislikes about girls/boys ball (my .5 cents and please don't take offense - just my personal experience).
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dunk? I don't know...Anyway AAU's cranking up soon in the NY area, I'll report back to ya if I remember to take notice of what level I'm working. I guess we've run out of things to argue about!
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As far as refereeing games, I prefer boys for the faster pace and (generally) better skills. I agree, many an 8th grade boys game has been far better than the girls JV game the day before. However, being a female ref in Massachusetts will require me to "fight hard" to get the boys games (I'm talking Fr/JV). It will be a rough road if I decide to travel it. |
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I had the fortunate opertunity to work the 14-U AAU national girls tournament in Rochester, MN this past summer and let me tell you there are girls out there at this age level that can play ball. We worked 3 person mechanics (believe me it was nice to have in some of the games at this level) There were at least 4 teams there who had girls that were 6'6" or taller!!! I believe a team from california or Texas (won the tourney had two girls at this height) The eliter teams in this tourney could beat many if not all varsity girls teams in the area that I work. Just thought I would throw that out for seed.....
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Gulp!!!
Because the responses to this thread are opinions, I will offer these comments as my opinion, and respectfully so.
In Michigan we have seperate seasons for the boy's and girl's seasons. (Girls=Aug.-Dec... Boy's=Dec.-March) So all of us do both boy's and girl's during the course of the school year. I work both. I was taken aback by comments such as "subjected to" and "training ground for newer officials". I understand that the caliber of girl's ball is different from region to region, but please, the girl's deserve the highest quality of officials just as much as the boy's. I believe that Chuck, Rut, and the other very good officials that posted, NEED to do these games. They need your experience and knowledge. BTW, the caliber of the girl's ball in my area is pretty good, lots of big schools. My attitude is "A game is a game, and every game deserves the best officials calling it". JMHO
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You tell 'em queen.... BUT, I believe my use of the phrase "developing officials" was misinterpreted (or miscommunicated). Like it or not, at some levels, girls basketball is used for agree or not, girls basketball is used to help developing officials....officials that are capable, but perhpas fine-tuning their game to get to the next level. Sooner or later, in any ballgame, you will see an official who is there to see if she/he is ready for that level. It is not possible (or, from an officials' group perspective, even desirable) to have the very best officials possible for every single game. No one would develop that way. No one, especially not me, meant to imply that girls' games aren't good (I love doing good, high-level girls ball). But the boys/mens game is a different level.
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