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Originally Posted by IowaMike

When I umpired before, I always felt like I had more trouble with high strikes than low ones. However, it seems like nobody wants a strike above the belt called, even in youth games. Any advice on nailing down the high end of the strike zone?

The belt is not the top of the strike zone. Call at least a spread hand's width above the belt and do it consistently and you have called the high strike, and it is still lower than the rule book strike.

Depending on what age you refer to when you say "youth league" it could be even higher, up to the actual rule book.