Penalty for 10 second rule change

[Skahtboi]

Preventative umpiring is not a term used meaning to instruct coaches on the nuances of the rules. Preventative umpiring refers to where you see potential trouble, such as a pitcher leaping every pitch in her warm ups, and you notify the coach that if she does that in the game, she will be penalized.

Now, if you ask an open ended question like "any questions coaches?" at the end of your pregame, and a coach just happens to ask about a particular rule, then by all means, give him a concise response regarding the rule. But, if you say something like "now, do you coaches understand all of the rule changes in the NFHS book this season?" then you are inviting yourself, IMO, to give the coaches a rules clinic, which is not the purpose of the pre-game meeting with the coaches.