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Originally Posted by RogersUmp
I've never seen a 2-man crew at 9U. Must be a pretty wealthy association!
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One league I work in the summer uses two man for all games, even 6U. It is run by the city and they use it as a youth work program. Most of the umpires in 8U and 6U are high school kids and the game fees are pretty low. They also use high school kids as scorekeepers. Not sure if they get government funds or not.
I was free one night last week and worked a couple of 6U games with one of the kids. I hope it was helpful to him. He said he had not played much ball and it showed. His mechanics were pretty good, but his rules knowledge needed some work. He did not know a batted ball could hit foul and roll fair. He did not know a batted ball could be in the upper corner of the batter's box and still be fair. He thought a batted ball that hit the plate was automatically foul.