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Originally Posted by MrUmpire
"Ball"
"Where was that?"
"High"
"You're high if you think that."
As with any discipline, professional umpire training is fairly well uniform and the trade specific vocabulary is codified. Just like plumbers, doctors an pilots use are trained to use certain words in certain ways that may seem strange to outsiders, umpires are similarly trained.
It is not fatal to not follow that training, but it also isn't folly to stick with it.
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Jim Evans calls it a 'high strike" and refers to the ball as being high or low when teaching. He's pretty professional, right?
While I don't like telling a coach where the ball was, some of our small ball members may. It is no disservice to 12U or your partners if you do or if it is expected of you. Enjoy your games and worry about what your assignor/league director wants.