FP: Called Strike Three

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Originally Posted by BretMan

That's one of the things I don't like about clinics (while I generally love clinics)- depending on who is teaching, one person can can tell you to so something one way and another will tell you to never do that!

At a clinic last year, I had one evaluator tell me I was setting up too low behind the plate, then another one tell me I was too high!

There was a little of this at the ASA National Umpire School this year, but those guys were mostly on the same page. One instructor did tell us to never say, on a checked swing, "He went!", or "She went!", then another had us saying exactly that when we got to our plate work exercises.

Just smile, nod, say "okay" and try it their way. Then, afterwards, dig through your manual and see what the "official" position is on the questioned mechanic.

Modify, if needed, or stick with what you're doing if it jibes with the book and works for you.

I snuck my way to every FP line (and who knows, maybe I didnt get so much into the SP group since I wanted to work my FP skills....)

Each one was different.

Take what you can from them and learn from it, and the rest..