Timing Issues

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Originally Posted by Rcichon

Garth you're right about learning to use the eyes properly. What I neglected in my post is that while hesitating your count, you allow time to 'review' what your eyes saw during the pitch. Maybe wrongfullly, I assume most Plate Umpires watch the pitch in it's entirety into the glove. What [I believe] some Umpires do NOT do is review the pitch and THEN make the call.

The easy button was a poke, Garth.

Something like pause, read and react
{or was it read, pause and react}
is used to to help correct timing problems
and eliminate the phony counting methods.