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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
One thing I want the "arms behind the back" people to address, though. How do you lock in at the same exact place every time, consistently, every pitch, through 6/7/9 innings of baseball?
The arms are an important part of establishing a lock-point. Most umpires that work heel-toe lock in by putting a forearm across their bodies to lock in. Scissors umpires put their hands on their knee to lock in at the same place. Those, like me, that use a hands-on-knees use those hands and feet placement to lock in.
Most umpires that put their hands behind their backs or legs have moving heads when pitches come in. And it is not possible to be the best umpire you can be if you're head is moving when you are calling balls and strikes.
And those people who say Garth is "above" doing youth ball have no idea what you're talking about. I know for a fact he's the UIC for the AAU 13-14 Nationals. I wonder how many hands behind the back umpires he will seriously use in this tournament.
Rich
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very well said rich. i'm a heel-toe guy and i use the arm that is on the side the batter is on across my belt/stomach area. the other arm is usually just straight down my side. i find that it helps me stay copmletely motionless and locked in to a pitch like you said.
cool to know that garth is the UIC for that AAU tournament. my little brother is playing in the 14 yr. old AAU tournament right now in floirda at the Disney sports complex. i talked to him and he said the umpires have been great, so garth must be doing his job well if we are all talking about the same AAU tournament.
garth, are you at the tournament i'm talking about in the above paragraph?