First Night....

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Just a touch of philosophy here.
When working with youth (sub high school) as a coach, I wanted the ump to come to me with the problems. That way I could correct the players and they would understand what to do. I.E. not coming to a discernable stop in the stretch. Tell me what you see is wrong, then I can tell the kid "When you come set, puff some air out before throwing". That way the problem is fixed and I don't have the ump coaching my kids.
Working as a blue I was the same way. Spot the problem, let the coach know, coach fixes, we keep playing. As a blue, I don't know what terminology the coach is using with his kids and I could spend precious playing time trying to fix a minor problem. If I let the coach know between innings, he gets to fix it on his time without delaying the game.

Still have lots of problems with youth umps as many of them do not know their rules & interpretations and have shown very litle interest in learning. Wish those guys would learn to come to boards like this so they would be better.