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Originally Posted by timharris
Good Day All
I have used this forum quite often and you guys are really knowledgable umpires. I will be the Umpire in Chief for this upcoming Memorial Day weekend which includes 9 fields, it is a AAU State Tournament for 9-12 year olds here in Virginia. I have been given the duty of meeting with all the coaches this upcoming Friday night, what are some of things I should cover? In the past I have covered things such as (1) sportmanship and safety supercedes everything on the fields. (2) Umpires will only acknowledge head coaches (meaning coach that was at the pre-game meeting) if their is a question about any play or rule interpertation during the game. (3)The on deck batter must stay on his dugout side while on deck. What are some other things that I might want too add, so my weekend can be a little smoother.
Thanks for all the info.
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As UIC for such tourneys in the past I have kept it very simple.
1) Ground rules (field and dugouts)
2) Coaches stay in the dugouts (or what every your ground rules are)
3) Keep them moving between innings
4) Coaches conduct (what you will allow and will not allow)
Other than that not too much unless you have had problems with a certain issue in the past and then I would deal with that also.
Thansk
DAvid