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As many have already mentioned, when you Ump as a teenager you have no experience, thus no confidence. These coaches all of them 20-35 years old know more then you do, and they see you are a "green-bean" and they work you something terrible. Thus you get eaten alive every-single-game.
I was fortunate to have my Dad to watch as I was growing up, so umpiring was not new to me when I started.
I was also thin skinned, and did not have too much tolerance so I was ejecting 6 coaches per year when I first started. They were probably bringing up good points, but yelling at me on the field, beliittleing me in front of a hundred people was not so kosher with me.
Perhaps waiting until you have maturity is not such a bad thing.
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Tue Feb 24, 2004, 03:16pm
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