When to signal, or not to...

[David B]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

Getting down on a knee is a horrible habit, in my opinion.

I see guys do it on plays at first. On a bad throw that requires a lean and a look to get the swipe tag correctly, how do you do that from one knee?

And if you are waiting to read the throw before coming set, it's pretty hard to get on one knee set in time to make the call.

The guys on TV can do it because a vast majority of the throws are true. For those of us who may have to handle multiple swipe tags per GAME, it's better to use a standing set.

The other thing is that the guys on TV don't have to worry about quickly moving to cover another base etc.,

All they have to do is call one base at a time since they have a four man crew.

In the real world with a two man crew there's too many things that can happen that I've got to be moving quickly.

Thanks
David