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Just a couple of things, John. There looked to be several times where you started coming up out of your stance to call the pitch before the ball made it to the catchers mitt. I'd suggest staying locked in longer. The other thing I saw that I didn't particularly care for is you giving the count to the third base coach and rotating it around to the opposite foul line. It's best to just signal the count to the pitcher. This is especially important when you're working solo so you don't take your eyes off of the ball while you're looking at the coaches box. Eventually there'll be a pick-off attempt that you'll miss if you continue to signal the count like you do.
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Start your stance with your feet farther apart - it will lower your center of gravity and help with balance.
When calling a strike, wait longer, come upright, then with a closed fist higher than your head, pretend you're banging on a door (one time) as you yell, "Strike!". The pointing the strike with one finger looks like you're indicating to the pitcher to "look over there!". If you want to do the finger thing, snap it out there more authoritatively (and keep it up a bit higher than horizontal). JJ |
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just a few things i noticed.
1- be louder. your strike calls lack "umph" for lack of a better term. a little bit more energy in the call is needed. 2- strike mechanic needs to be more crisp. by crisp i mean a little faster and harder with the movement of the arm with an abrupt stop at the end. looks better. use in conjunction with point #1 i made and you'll look sharp. i personally don't have too much of a problem with the point, but make it more crisp if that's what you want to use. i personally use the hammer as JJ suggested. 3- it appears you don't have a "lock in" mechanism in your stance. i suggest putting your slot arm across your waist / upper thigh so you have something to lock in with. you seem pretty rock solid, but without a lock in mechanism, you may drift without realizing it. i'm glad that you want to improve yourself by asking for criticism on the board though. it's refreshing to see umpires who want to get better. |
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You looked good back there. If I were a spectator or on the bench I would beleive your calls this is perhaps the most important aspect when you officiate a game. Hustled down to first on the ground ball. Pointed in the air on the infield fly and verbalised it. Your timing on balls and strikes was fine. I'd be honored to be your partner.
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the "call" is mental, the "signal" is visual. go to 1:17 in the video and then watch it, then click back on that 1:17 mark. do it repeatedly so you are seeing it over and over again. the "call" is made before the ball hits the mitt. this is evidenced by the fact that he is already mving out of his stance prior to the pop of the ball in the mitt. watch him and listen for the pop.
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When the ball hits the mitt is the time to start determining whether the pitch was a ball or strike, not the time to be announcing it. This is where the phrase "proper use of the eyes" comes into the mix for good timing. If you've already made your mind up before the ball comes in there, disaster can easily follow.
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Sorry, Donovan, but I don't think it's our responsibility to constantly update the base coaches on the current count. If they aren't paying attention that's their problem. 90', 70', or 60' basepaths. Scoreboard or not............
Tim.[/QUOTE] Whether you verbalize balls and strikes every pitch every other or never it's simply a matter of style. I do it on every pitch (almost) not for the players etc. but for my partner and it also myself. It helps keep me focused. |
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In the one video, the IF was in effect, so perhaps JM had a glimpse of the runners. We all know or should know to stay down and not come up to quickly however when you are working SOLO with men on base sometimes it's a natural reaction to come up a little quicker than normal. My question to JM is this. Why are you working SOLO? Pete Booth
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I have worked hundreds of solo games and this has never been a problem. Timing is timing whether there are two, three, four, six or just one umpire. When working solo games you still have to wait until the action takes you somewhere. Why on earth would you pop up quick just because you are by yourself? That sounds pretty ridiculous to me and it's a flimsy excuse for poor timing. As to why he is working solo, JM lives in an area, such as I do, where if the game didn't have a solo umpire, it wouldn't have an umpire. Solo games are very commonplace in many larger cities where the volume of games exceeds the number of available umpires. A good percentage of youth games below the varsity level here use one umpire, unless it is a tournament of some kind or a championship games.
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I do not think I am out of gourd on this one. When working SOLO "something" has to give. IMO, it is not a flimsy exuse for poor timing but a matter of circumstances. You cannot possibly be everywhere when working solo so some aspect of the game will suffer. Yes you first need to call the pitch but as you mentioned for the most part these types of games are at the modified level so it's not like the pitch is going to "drop off the table" or something like that. I am simply saying it is difficult to "rate" someone not impossible but when working SOLO inevitably one will develop bad habits because you do have to 'cut corners" Pete Booth
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