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Old Wed Apr 29, 2009, 02:28pm
MichaelVA2000 MichaelVA2000 is offline
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA View Post
There is a reason intructors at many levels abandoned this move, mainly because it often locks an umpire, especially a novice umpire, into a specific, limited-mobility stance and that is not where you want to be.
I understand what you are trying to do, but a standard, every-day set position works.
It's also still being taught at many levels. Last I heard, both Pro Schools are still going to hands on knees set in this type of situation.
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