What new ump should look for re:balks

[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

DTQ:

First, watch the Jim Evans balk video multiple times. It is very good and it talks about the very obvious balks as well as the more subtle ones.

I enthusiastically second this suggestion. The Evans video is damn near "everything you need to know about pitching regs and balks." Watch the video once. Then watch it again. Watch it one more time.

The next time you step on the field, you will have no fear about your understanding of what is and is not a balk.

[TussAgee11]

I'd say those 6 things listed above cover just about all you'll see when needing to call a balk. Just continue to pay attention every pitch, and eventually it will become second nature, and you won't even realize you're doing it. Every pitch I think in my head - "hands apart, on rubber, taking sign, full stop". For every pickoff i thinkg "off the rubber" or "stepped directly to the base, didn't fake"

Just keep focusing, you'll figure it out.

[bossman72]

Purchase the Jim Evans Balk Video- great video.

i think you can get it at www.umpireacademy.com for like 50 bucks