My 2015 Umpiring Resolutions

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Originally Posted by teebob21

3. Develop a better pre-pitch preparation for both 2-man and 3-man bases.
Two man is so routine that I can usually simply react to the play and be where I need to be. Not good - time to turn my brain back on. I don't work enough 3-man, so every pitch and situation I'm racking my brain to remember rotation, fly ball and tag-up coverages. I need to start thinking more between pitches in 2-man and less in 3-man. Time to get in the CCA manual.

This is a very good point that everyone should be working on constantly.

A player is taught to know where they are going with the play before hand should the ball comes to them and run scenarios through their brain of possibilities and know where they need to be when the ball goes elsewhere.

No different with an umpire. But don't limit yourself to thinking about where you will need to go. Observation of the players around you can be just as helpful.