Advice for Base Umping

[collint1993]

So for the past few years, specifically from 3 seasons on, I have been doing 10u, 11u, 12u travel and little league. I was one of the more experienced guys, and I was pretty much always behind the plate. The field was small, so the base ump never really required help at 3rd. Now I got moved up to 13u and 14u, but I have been mostly doing the bases. It is also a much larger field than the ones used for 12u and 11u. I haven't had much trouble except for a few calls at 3rd. The home ump who I mostly work with has told me on one occasion to simply point to him to make the call, because he has a much better angle for 3rd. But that sort of seems unprofessional to me, as I am being paid to make the calls at the bases. It just seems that I never have a good enough angle to make the call. Do you have any advice on where to set myself up to make a better call while still being able to see first and second? Do any of the base umps on this site ever defer to a home ump?