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Back in the mid 90's, due to low membership numbers, the umpire association I belonged to at the time used one umpire for all SP. I worked a competitive ASA men's SP league two nights a week solo for two seasons.
The advice and tips that have already been mentioned....make them your mantra. Every play, every game. They're critical to working a solo game effectively.
Don't worry that you don't have a partner, rather embrace the challenge of working the game solo. Trust me, the teams will respond in a positive manner to the effort you make to cover plays properly and manage all the other aspects of the game. Yeah it's more work, and when the s**t hits the fan and it gets ugly it's only you out there and you'll have to handle it....to whatever degree it needs to be handled...alone. But then on the other hand you never have to worry about having a bad partner either.
I feel that my two seasons of working solo in many ways made me a better umpire.
Good luck with your season.
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