Charly B - Papa C and Jim P have given you excellent advice. The only thing I will add is this.
When and if you umpire HS or belong to an association - the association will recommend where to position yourself regarding 1 man mechanics.
For example; I live in NY state and the association I belong to REQUIRES you to position yourself behind Home Plate (same as in 2 man) when umpiring a game by yourself.
If you do not it will NEGATIVELY effect your rating. When doing a game by yourself, there are trade-offs. Behind the mound is my personal preference, but if I want work, I abide by my association recommendations.
In LL, since it is volunteer work you might be able to umpire the game from the mound area, but again abide by the association you belong to.
I am slowly trying to introduce some of things I've learned here into the association I belong to. Maybe with some luck some of these will come to pass.
Good Luck!
Pete Booth
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