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Originally Posted by jkumpire
Folks,
This is a teaching moment for these kids, and somehow we need to make sure they start to understand how real baseball is played.
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If you want to teach and make sure the kids understand how real baseball is played then become a coach not an umpire.
Let's turn it around a bit. Would you want a coach teaching a young umpire (on the field) how to position himself etc. or do you as the Partner want to teach the new umpire.
Here's the way it goes and it has served me well.
1. Players play
2. Coaches coach
3. We Umpire
The aforementioned are all different roles out their on the diamond. Even though they try, I do not want coaches umpiring so I in turn should not coach his team.
I agree that the call of batter is out should be emphatic but on the same token I am not going to shout my lungs off and keep saying repeatedly batter is out batter is out.
Eventually, when they mess it up a few times, they will learn.
Hey where's TEE lately on these LL or youth type questions. Now I know why Tee calls it "kiddy ball"
Pete Booth