Couple of questions (ASA FP)

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by Julio Caliente

I work at fall league on the weekends. Saturday is 10U and 13U, and then Sunday is High School age. Well, on Saturday we were short 2 umps because there were some rain outs that were added to the schedule w/o the UIC informed so were had 2 fields that had 1 umpire on them. I ended up doing 5 loner games in a row that kicked my but.

2) Does anybody have any tips for going from 10U strike zone, to a 13U strike zone, and a HS strike zone more easily? I usually find that it takes me a few batters to get the right zone. Does anybody have any tips to make the transition easier?

Man,
5 games in a row would kick anyone's butt.

I'll let question 1 alone and go right to #2. I feel for ya there. I think your best results will be from timing and tracking. Track the pitch all the way to the catcher catching it. Now, watching that change in speed may make a certain part pucker, but that's OK. I year or so ago, I had the reverse of your sequence. I went from working a top men's major tournament that ended on a Saturday to driving an hour or so to spend the rest of the holiday weekend working a youth tournament. Going from seeing pitches near 90 to pitches near 55, I had to really concentrate - 'cuz the pitches took forever.