Give'em the Finger

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

In our area, and every National clinic I have attended (both NCAA and ASA), the opposite is true; pointing is to be used only to add emphasis to a situation, not to be used routinely.

I was just going to say the same thing. As a matter of fact, on a banger at first in a game where I was being evaluated last year, I made the mistake of pointing just prior to giving a big sell out. You can bet that I was dinged on that in my evaluation.

Chess Ref, you might want to tell your buddy that if he aspires to be an NCAA umpire, he should buy or download a copy of the NCAA Umpire Improvement Committee's manual and learn it cover to cover, and to also attend some clinics.