Rookie Umpire Situation

[SC Ump]

Originally Posted by tcblue13

In clinics we wre repeatedly taught that the BU calls the foul ball if the ball hits the batter in the box (off the bat) and PU may not be able to see it.

Is this bad mechanics?

I call "Dead ball" if the ball hits the batter.

This way, if there are situations where the batter has taken a step, I will only be calling the dead ball and thus allowing the PU to rule whether it hit her while she was still in the box (foul ball) or whether she was out of the box and it was fair or foul when it hit her.