Just my imagination?

[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by Julio Caliente

I noticed many of the softball ump on TV using the Gerry Davis type stance. Which I have experimented with in baseball. When I do softball though I use the approved ASA stance. To be honest, I like the GD stance better but when in Rome you do as the Romans do.....

The thing about GD in LL is that it puts your head height exacly where they want it - your chin at the top of the catcher's helmet. If I'm having back issues, I will sometimes go to it because it does eliminate lower back stress. I stay more in the slot than the GD stance wants though.