umpire's lineup card

[TimTaylor]

Originally posted by rainmaker

Ask to see the line-up cards of several different varsity level officials. Try different systems until you find something that works for you. I recommend NOT ignoring it in favor of "more important" issues. This would definitely come back later to bite you in the hiney!

A good suggestion Juulie! So we finally enticed you away from the bball forum for a bit, eh?

Some folks use preprinted versions, others simply a folded 3x5 file card - look around until you find something you like & feel comfortable with.

Juulie is correct, it's not something that you want to ignore, and I hope my earlier post didn't imply that, as that was not my intent - just don't get so wrapped up in it that you ignore the rest of the umpire's job.

The four basic things that I track, in my personal order of importance are:
1. Current lineup order with substitutions
2. Current or last server for each team
3. Number of timeouts used for each team
4. Number of substitutions used for each team

There are several other things I note with 1 or 2 character shorthand, but those I listed are the basics you need to start with.



[Edited by TimTaylor on Oct 13th, 2004 at 11:48 AM]