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Originally Posted by DaveASA/FED
Come on Andy, don't blame the mat, plenty of umpires are lazy all on their own!! No mat needed!!
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It just gets worse with the mat. Especially if your trying to still enforce the arc and height requirements. And I hate the opposite side positioning as an umpire because it's the best place to get hit so you better have gear on, not to say that the normal position is safe, my dad years ago had a tooth chipped at a USSSA State tournament by a foul ball. That and most of the games here are solo games and your momentum and positioning suffers from that spot.
One trick I try to get the guys to do is not clean off the mat so much, the ball leaves a nice clean mark when it hits a slightly dirty mat.