verbalizing the count

[Paul L]

Any communication that reasonably can be expected to convey the count to the players and coaches works for me. I started to describe my own practices, but it got so long, complicated, and boring that I decided to spare y'all. They do include both holding up a left fist and two fingers on a right hand and saying "no balls, two strikes" and just holding up the right hand and saying "oh-two" or "two strikes". I've only been formally evaluated once in five years and don't recall whether this issue was addressed.

I will say that I only use a double-digit number, like "eleven", when I'm wearing my hat backwards or my shinguards outside my pant legs, neither of which has ever happened.