Tips for incorporating conflicting advice from evaluators?

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Originally Posted by teebob21

Does anyone have any advice for what to do when you receive conflicting advice on your game?

This year I went to two NCAA camps and had the privilege of being evaluated by well-known umpires with WCWS experience. The first was in Colorado over the July 4th. The second camp was this past weekend in Phoenix, AZ. Between the two camps, I got exactly opposite feedback on my plate work. One said I was setting too low, another thought I was too high, and the third commented that my set position was erratic and inconsistent for LH batters, while great for RH batters.

How should I balance this feedback out to improve my game? Should I get a third/fourth opinion at the next camp, ask my primary assignor, or ask some of my partners who are active NCAA officials for a courtesy evaluation?

[QUOTE=teebob21;967211]Does anyone have any advice for what to do when you receive conflicting advice on your game?


Did you have an opportunity to talk with these evaluators?
Not much help unless there is some further discussion.

No input throughout the evaluation in a training setting? Sounds more like a test to me.

If your set-up was the same during both then (too high/to low) doesn't make much sense and should probably be tossed out. Would a fourth eval. say, nice height on the set up or perhaps agree with one of the others?

As far as the lefty thing, what does that mean?
Are you working the slot on both sides of the plate? Should be.
Do you feel something that matches the eval with the lefties?

Yes, you should be offering/begging for fellow umpires to evaluate you and you should in turn do the same for them.
Take the info from all evals and bounce off what you are doing out there.

How's your strike zone being perceived during games? Are you getting grumblings from those low outside pitches (if your too low) these can be "tough to see."
Same if your too high the ball looks way down there (low).

And if you are getting grumbling is it from the D or the O. These are all evaluations in their own right, so you have to weigh all the information, and the more you get the better. Always talk to your partner after the game while the info is still fresh.