Strike Mechanic

[Buckeye12]

I was just video taped working the dish at a clinic and was very surprised how quick my call was. I thought that my timing was pretty good, but this was an excellent tool for me to actually see and hear myslef. At first, during instruction from veteran umpires, before I wathced the tape, I felt like I was over exaggerating slowing down my timing, but the tape revealed that I still could have paused slightly longer before making my call. My biggest problem was rushing my call on a called third strike. I not only made my decision too quick, I rushed my call and my "ring-em-up" mechanic. In the future, I hope to have myslef video taped on occasion. I learned a great deal from watching myslef and would recommend it to everyone.