Anyone ever experience this

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by cmhjordan23

Has anyone ever had issues adjusting to the type of play after week off from HS ball.

My biggest adjustment is in getting use to being "challenged" by coaches in a high school game, whereas, in my Catholic middle school games, the coaches are unbelievably quiet.

I also have a problem going from a girls high school varsity game on one night, and doing a boys high school varsity game the next night. It's takes me a large portion of the first period to "catch up". I do not have the problem going the other way, boys to girls.

[JetMetFan]

I feel more comfortable with the changes now. The biggest difference is the intensity of the players/coaches more than anything else. Plus I have to constantly talk to myself about what rule set I'm dealing with for a specific game.

[Freddy]

Same transitionary concerns for me going from GV to BV, or going from the occasional JV game to V the next night.
A) Concerted visualization of the speed and physicality of the game while on the way to the site has helped somewhat. I turn the radio off and really put what I'm about to experience to mind. That's helped somewhat.
B) But what really makes it a non-factor is a good, indepth pregame. Even more indepth and detailed pregame if you feel you're not "there yet" in your mental state prior to the V game. The extent to which the pregame considers the increased speed of play, tactics of players, and likely situations and scenrios makes the transition a lot easier, often not even an issue.
Works for me. Am open to ideas from others.

[twocentsworth]

imho, the best "cure" is to have a patient whistle. If you see the play start, develop, and finish, then you'll be able to determine if the contact was incidental (no whistle), marginal (maybe), or contact that warrants a foul.

The problem people have in adjusting to different levels of play, is that they're blowing the whistle too soon and guessing/assuming that a whistle is needed.

Just be patient and wait....I think you'll find that plays that need a whistle will be easier to see if you do.

[Rich]

I worked about 20 straight boys games and then filled in on a girls game in late December - my first girls game since the previous March.

I know the feeling -- it took me 2-3 minutes to adjust. Have worked 2 girls games since then and neither of them did that to me. They did feel a bit different (because they are a bit different), but I just forced myself to be better prepared mentally.

[MD Longhorn]

Honestly, I find it harder going the other way - in pretty much every sport. 10 solid HS basketball game, and then a weekend doing youth ball --- I'm usually too tight on the calls and take too much coaching nonsense in the first couple of games. 10 straight HS softball or baseball games (or 16U / 18U etc) and then suddenly working a 12U or 10U game, my zone is too tight. 10 HS football in a row, and I'm way too tough on wiggling at the line of scrimmage in that 8th grade C game.

[CountTheBasket]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

10 straight HS softball or baseball games (or 16U / 18U etc) and then suddenly working a 12U or 10U game, my zone is too tight.

I know this is the hoops thread but I echo this x1000, I find there is an adjustment period with a major level change but the strike zone can be a killer.

[#olderthanilook]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

My biggest adjustment is in getting use to being "challenged" by coaches in a high school game, whereas, in my Catholic middle school games, the coaches are unbelievably quiet.

I also have a problem going from a girls high school varsity game on one night, and doing a boys high school varsity game the next night. It's takes me a large portion of the first period to "catch up". I do not have the problem going the other way, boys to girls.

Same here, from time to time.