[lildani14]

Hey guys, long time no see. Plus I'm jumping on an old thread. Anyways, when I started umping almost 4 years ago, i was but a youngin' only 14. I've only really worked 10s and 12s around here because of my conflicting schedule with games and such. But last year I worked my first 16s game, plate even and I got a lot of compliments on it. But when I started first game was bases and second was plate. My dad was an ump but he really didn't help me too much and the umpires I generally worked with didn't really either. Don't take this the wrong way, but sometimes it appeared I had the more knowledge on the field. Recently I've worked with a girl who's about 4 years older than me and we work pretty good together. We each have over 10 years of ball experience so most people here in podunk Nebraska don't get too hostile with things. Granted I haven't worked too many high strung games, I think I've been allowed to grow as an umpire just by going out there and doing it. For me persoanlly I get better as I go because I gain confidence in myself. But thats just me.