I wasn't at my best yesterday, please help!

[Andy]

Originally Posted by xkoumbis

What I practice is on a drop third strike I step out of my position and hold. The coach should at that time know that the batter is out and she needs to vacate the box and sit down for not swinging at a third strike.

Apart from trying to understand what you wrote, you should not do anything on a dropped third strike that you don't do on any other strike three call. By doing something "different" you are potentially sending clues to one team or the other (at least those that are savvy enough to pick up on it) that you have a D3K situation. This is getting too close to coaching as far as I am concerned. Call the game and let the players play.

The only exception to this would be if 1st base is occupied with less than two outs...then you can add "BATTER'S OUT!" after the strike three call. But some may even question that.