"Captain, are you ready?"

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Originally posted by zebraman

I have found that the coaches usually choose a fairly "level headed" kid to be captain. If I see a player that is getting frustrated, I might ask the captain to go take care of him "before I have to."

I don't really understand why we are instructed to ask the captains if they are ready to play either. But, it's in the officials manual so I'll do it until I figure out a good reason not to.

Z

Assignment of Captain status is important to coaches, ADs, kids and parents, and from their point of view it truly is important. Our discussion with them means Squat-o-lah to the conduct of the game, so during my meeting I congratulate them on being Captains and team leaders, have a great game, go back to your warmups.

With reagard to readiness to begin the game, when I am throwing it has changed from "Captains, are you ready?" to "Jumpers, get ready! Ball is going up"; tweet, toss.