Ground Rules/Pre-Game Coaches' Conference

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by DeputyUICHousto

You never start the pre-game without your partner...unless he is arriving late and you're starting without him. If he's in the can you wait!!!!

A pet peeve; my partner should be ready to go, and have taken care of all necessaries, by game time. To me, pregame IS game time.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

A pet peeve; my partner should be ready to go, and have taken care of all necessaries, by game time. To me, pregame IS game time.

I don't disagree, but there are times/tournaments where one umpire may get things moving while the other is changing having just come off the field. It is an adjustment umpires have to make when TDs have a tight schedule and want to keep the games going.

IOW, while true, it cannot always be held as an absolute.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I don't disagree, but there are times/tournaments where one umpire may get things moving while the other is changing having just come off the field. It is an adjustment umpires have to make when TDs have a tight schedule and want to keep the games going.

IOW, while true, it cannot always be held as an absolute.

I don't disagree. I was thinking more of a NCAA/NFHS type of vein. Tournaments are always the exception.

[Dutch Alex]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I don't disagree, but there are times/tournaments where one umpire may get things moving while the other is changing having just come off the field. It is an adjustment umpires have to make when TDs have a tight schedule and want to keep the games going.

IOW, while true, it cannot always be held as an absolute.

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

I don't disagree. I was thinking more of a NCAA/NFHS type of vein. Tournaments are always the exception.

I don't think that tournaments are always the exception: The best tournaments I've attended to do have a tight schedule. However, the ESF (the organizing body) has the pre-game conference in their time-schedule. Umpire's arrive 10 minutes before game time en will start the conference 5 minutes prior to game time. ESF even have 60 min before game time, start visiting team field practice, 20 minutes late for home team. The last 15 minutes, before plate conference, are for the ground crew field maintenance.

Other tournaments I've attended to, are the exceptions Skahtboi meant. The biggest and oldest annual men FP tournament at Zeist (the Netherland's) don't even have time for field practice in-between games. At the Indoor-cup (Schiedam) everything is an exception. It's indoor!

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by Dutch Alex

I don't think that tournaments are always the exception: The best tournaments I've attended to do have a tight schedule. However, the ESF (the organizing body) has the pre-game conference in their time-schedule. Umpire's arrive 10 minutes before game time en will start the conference 5 minutes prior to game time. ESF even have 60 min before game time, start visiting team field practice, 20 minutes late for home team. The last 15 minutes, before plate conference, are for the ground crew field maintenance.

Other tournaments I've attended to, are the exceptions Skahtboi meant. The biggest and oldest annual men FP tournament at Zeist (the Netherland's) don't even have time for field practice in-between games. At the Indoor-cup (Schiedam) everything is an exception. It's indoor!

Missed you this year at the cup, Sander

[Dutch Alex]

Originally Posted by Steve M

Missed you this year at the cup, Sander

I've missed myself not only this year on the Cup
Since my son started playing rugby (he's 9yr old) 5 years ago, I have difficulty in winter time to make some time free for softball.
I shall not be surprised if my wife starts to make problems in summertime about me umpiring in softball...

I've seen some pic's on the site from our national teams: Dutch Women Softball Teams - Official Website
Looked like you had a good time as group of umpires. Jealous? Yes!!! For not being there.

[KSRef]

At our State H.S. rules meeting last night (Kansas) we were instructed to record the number of bats we inspected before the game. At the home plate conference we are to advise the coach of how many bats we checked and ask him/her if that is correct. "Coach we checked 10 bats is that all of them?" With the increased penalty for players using illegal bats (player AND coach ejection) they want to be sure the coach has an opportunity to let us know if we got them all.