Illegal pitch signal in SP

[Andy]

I recently started supervising a couple of nights a week for one of the local City Rec SP leagues. The director asked me to help evaluate and critique the league umpires.

This particular city uses a one umpire system for all of it's SP leagues. They are an ASA league and use the ASA arc of 6 - 10 feet.

The biggest issue that I have run across so far is the lack of use of the proper illegal pitch signal and verbal. Most of the umpires let the pitch hit and then declare it illegal, telling the pitcher it was either too high or low.

I know that they all know the proper signal, since I covered it in the last clinic that I did for the league.

I'm just curious for the rest of you that are involved with SP if you see this same thing in your leagues and/or tournaments?