How to get into the ZONE?

[Bandit]

Joel: Just like the players it is tough to have your "A" game with you every night. I also worry about the pitches I might have missed or judged wrong. But something I've found that almost all coaches and players want is for you to be consistent through out the game. I did a game tonight where I called a third strike on a young lady for the third out and she wasn't to happy, thought it was inside, but when I heard the teams catcher tell her I had been calling them there all night it made me feel like I had been just that...consistent.
Keep them young umpires coming...I was at the Indiana ASA 2-day clinic last weekend and the stat was given that the average life span for a umpire is 3 years...if they make it past the 3rd year they normally stick around.
Blow-outs...concentration...just plain tough...no suggestions here...hope to hear some