Props to ASA on the new DVD

[Andy]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

...I even briefly considered the possibility that Mike and wade are actually one and the same person, presenting opposite viewpoints until somebody catches on to the joke....

Conspiracy theories...I love it!

[NCASAUmp]

Went to the NC ASA state clinic today, and our clinician made use of the DVD. Excellent production job. Man, I wish I'd had this DVD many years ago...

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Went to the NC ASA state clinic today, and our clinician made use of the DVD. Excellent production job. Man, I wish I'd had this DVD many years ago...

It was well received at the rules clinic today. Its just a good video. I will show it at my clinic next week. My clinic is mostly rec ball younger umps and I think it will be invaluable. Its a great visual of how ASA wants it done.

[Stu Clary]

Ha! I was wonderng if you were there. It occured to me that you might be at some point during the the day. I wish I would have thought of you a few days ago, I would liked to have met you.

Unfortunately, the ASA DVD was the highlight of the clinic IMO.

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by Stu Clary

Ha! I was wonderng if you were there. It occured to me that you might be at some point during the the day. I wish I would have thought of you a few days ago, I would liked to have met you.

Unfortunately, the ASA DVD was the highlight of the clinic IMO.

Doh! I was there! We shoulda posted because there are a few folks who could have been there on this board. Personally, I enjoyed the clinic and I already have the DVD

I didnt win anything though. Not a single thing at any raffle yet this year. That blows.

[CajunNewBlue]

I just want to know when someone posts it in torrents... or any ISO images of it are always welcome.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue

I just want to know when someone posts it in torrents... or any ISO images of it are always welcome.

*cough*me, too*cough*

[Stu Clary]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Doh! I was there! We shoulda posted because there are a few folks who could have been there on this board. Personally, I enjoyed the clinic and I already have the DVD

I didnt win anything though. Not a single thing at any raffle yet this year. That blows.

Nothing in the raffle for me either. I already saw the DVD, at our HS meeting last week. Love it - I think every umpire should have a chance to see and learn from it.

I was disappionted with the clinic. For a "rules clinic", we spent precious little time on rules. The session on the "Line up Management" spent time explaining what starters and subs are...but there was only superficial mention of DP/FLEX - the most misunderstood thing about line up management. The IRS session, while informative, has nothing to do with rules and took a full hour. Plus, I'm not a big fan of having ppt. slides read to me. I can already read.

I can nit-pick more (you should have heard us on the way home) but you get the idea.

Wade - where were you sitting?

[BretMan]

Finally got to see the video yesterday, at our first local ASA meeting. Thoroughly enjoyed it and found it to be a great training tool.

I agree that visual aids can be a tremendous help in teaching. Which brings me to something I noticed when our "Umpire Edition" rule books arrived last month...

While the updated umpire information is well-organized and presented, noticably absent are the usual field diagrams showing umpire positioning and movement. Yet in several places the text refers to "the following diagrams" and even includes a "key" explaining that in the (non-existent) diagrams "P" = "Plate Umpire", "B" = "Base Umpire", etc.

I always found the diagrams to be quite helpful. That they are referenced in the text numerous times leads me to believe that they were intended to still be there and that their omission was an editorial gaffe.

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by Stu Clary

Nothing in the raffle for me either. I already saw the DVD, at our HS meeting last week. Love it - I think every umpire should have a chance to see and learn from it.

I was disappionted with the clinic. For a "rules clinic", we spent precious little time on rules. The session on the "Line up Management" spent time explaining what starters and subs are...but there was only superficial mention of DP/FLEX - the most misunderstood thing about line up management. The IRS session, while informative, has nothing to do with rules and took a full hour. Plus, I'm not a big fan of having ppt. slides read to me. I can already read.

I can nit-pick more (you should have heard us on the way home) but you get the idea.

Wade - where were you sitting?

I was up front. I was the one who asked a few questions about the spiderweb cracks in the bat and the Easton Clarity. I knew the answers but I wanted to give heybucket folks answers from a higher level than me so I asked on their behalf.

The line up mgmt was nothing, you can download that presentation on cactus.

For me I consider clinics like warming up my car in the morning - gets me ready to go but mostly for networking purposes. I spent a lot of time talking with certain folks about things so I had a good time. I also am always on the prowl for PPTs, guides, and information so I had a few UICs burning me stuff from their laps to my handy dandy thumb drive.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

It was well received at the rules clinic today. Its just a good video. I will show it at my clinic next week. My clinic is mostly rec ball younger umps and I think it will be invaluable. Its a great visual of how ASA wants it done.

I agree. It's a very difficult process to "talk" someone through mechanics without showing them. Relying upon the book alone is a fatal mistake for an umpire. Clinics are a much better way to learn, but some clinics are better than others. Publishing a DVD with the exact mechanics straight from the horse's mouth is probably the closest we'll come to "the perfect way to deliver the message."