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Originally posted by douglas childress
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Originally posted by wobster
thank you for the great advice. I am still a greenhorn at this and always looking to the opinions of established members of the umpiring community. I will be getting certified by the High School Association next year, and I will need all the knowledge I can get.
So instead of just over-ruling him, no matter how wrong he is, I should go out and talk to him about it and ask him what he saw. Makes a lot of sense.
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Let him/her come to you. Don't go to them and say hey i think you made a bad call. Again let them come to YOU
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I agree Doug, when I first started umpiring, I also had some partners (30-40yrs MORE experience on me) say to me if I blew a call, "wow, that was a close play at 2nd."
If I was secure that I made the right call, then they/he would agree and say, keep it up (though, there are times when they were just trying to make conversation...and just saying it because they really did think it was close)but most of the time, when I blew one, I knew i did, so my answer would be..."well.....yeah, uh...."
After my "shaky" answer, my partner would make a suggestion on how to better "see" the call. His coming to me and allowing me to think if I made the right call, really helped. I don't ever think a parnter should overrule, but I really liked what Chuckfan had to say, about "conferring."
I had one partner who would "confer" everytime a coach got real antzy...he'd walk up to me and say "How's life..." and then walk back after my answer and say "After reviewing the plays, the play stands..." And often times I have found that that's all the coach needed. (Though after thinking about it, if the coach got mad at the call...all my partner did, was spread the "blame" to me. hmmm)
Fri Jul 11, 2003, 02:40pm
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