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Ok. Time to get a couple of things straightened out here. First and foremost, the mechanics for the 2 man system is pretty much the same now as it was back then. I went to Wendelstedt’s school in the early 90’s and I can remember it like it was just yesterday. Secondly. Too much little league this, little league that and little league the other. It’s the HIGH SCHOOL AGED LITTLE LEAGUERS that play on a regulation field. NOT the younger ones! All of the mechanics you saw in this video are STILL in effect today, and they apply to ALL baseball games played on a regulation field, and if you can’t master these skills in 1 month at a full umpire’s school, you have absolutely no chance of working for MiLB, no less MLB. You can go to one day camps in selected areas in the US for a potential spot to go to the BUD (Bureau of Umpire Development) training in Florida (all expenses paid) if you think you can do it. However, the number of attendees is limited (somewhere around 100 or so candidates), and only 10-20 of these candidates will get the invitation, and you have to be dam near perfect in every aspect in the 2 man system. If you’re not, you can try again next year. Just be prepared to work hard until the next camp or you’ll be turned down again.

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Tons of great information!

what happens when the batter chucks the bat

thumb-up!

"Take your mask off early to avoid the catchers mask as he throws it" *immediately trips over mask*

Are there any other videos to this series?

Umpires in yesterday's Pirate game blew two obvious calls on base runners that were overturned on review. The catcher extended his leg across the baseline blocking the plate, umpire called the runner out. And the other was at first base where the runner beat the throw significantly. Ai shows balls and strikes in real time. Because of this every wrong call begs the question, why should umpires call balls and strikes anymore? They skew the game making bad calls while you're seeing the real call. We need umpires to see plays correctly and not call balls and strikes.

Coach joey is the best

For a foul ball call, why do you need to point to the foul side? As soon as you put your hands up (foul ball sign) and are yelling "foul ball" , everyone knows it's in foul territory and knows what side of the foul line foul territory is. So there is no need to give 3 indications of 1) foul sign, 2) Foul verbal and 3) point to foul side. It seems appropriate to get ride of the 3rd one . The first two indications should be enough.

I'm not a fan of the verbal "No Catch". Too easy for someone to only hear the "catch" part. I use "That's a catch!" and "NOOOOO!"

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On a close force play, I was taught to watch the base to see if the runners foot or hand touched it before the ball goes in the glove. You can't watch both but you can hear the ball go into the glove. On a soft thrown ball, it's the same, relying on peripheral vision and basic judgment. This wasn't covered in this video.

I would watch this but I don’t like how old it is. Good god what is this the 90s quality

terrible audio. needs to be louder. But good video.

I'm at a point in my umpiring career, almost 30 years, where camps don't do me much good because most umpire camps are cookie-cutter camps that all teach such basic things. I don't need to learn how to position myself to call balls & strikes. I don't need to learn the importance of pause-read-react. It's not like I cannot learn anything useful, but I don't get much bang for the buck in most camps because a lot of time is wasted on things I already know and have mastered. Mostly, I learn by watching professionals and talking and working with guys who are even more experienced than me. I guess there are advanced camps out there but most camps are geared to umpires with less than 5 years of experience.

If your looking for the section on “Working the plate” it’s at 19:40min

Umpire basics? #1 - Don't be a jerkDo

Should your home plate positioning shift for a left handed batter?

Thanks for posting this informative video, I really appreciate it.

El vídeo tiene años y las mecánicas no han cambiado casi en nada... Ojalá algún momento lo suban en español

Quiero aprender más sobre mecánica

Yall im a year and a half older then my best friend so there letting me ump some of her games!

This is literally exactly the video I was looking for

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Great video, very informative and helpful! You deserve a sub!

Useful information because I'm about to start umpiring teeball as a teen lol

Been doing this 20 years and i learned a lot . its a great video. Great job guys.

How quaint. My association was using these mechanics 20 years before this video.

First of all, Ed Hickox was one of my instructors at umpire school, to see him so young is trippy. Secondly, I spent 5 weeks at umpire school and a lot of money to learn exactly everything that is in this video. lol.

Thanks I learned so much with this video

Was that the ump that yelled ‘i got third Eddie’ and do they really do that? I played baseball quite a bit and never heard them call the base like we call a fly.

these guys are more worried about what you're gonna look like calling an out than the actual rules.

I'm not sure I agree about clearing the bat. I saw an umpire move a bat into an ondeck batter coming to signal his runner whether to slide on a close play at the plate and the ondeck batter tripped over over on a simultaneous play. needless to say, The coach didn't like it neither did the parents. I tend to not touch players or detached equipment. Lesson learned.

How come there's never anything mentioned about the importance of having a thorough pregame with your partner to discuss responsibilities, signals and the ground rules/dead ball areas of a field? IDK if this would be considered "basic", but there should also be something said in reference to the plate guy and his communicating with the respective catcher of each team?

Awful. U don’t ask for help with your right arm. That’s a strike call. Ask for help (appeal) with left arm.

16:19 - If I were the plate umpire when this happens (the "infield fly rule"), knowing that the batter will be out before the ball is caught and the ball is a pop fly within the infield where any infielder could make a catch, I would do the "out" signal before the fielder catches the ball - the "out" signal would be on the batter who did the pop fly in the first place.

23:28: What was that ?! An overdubbed voice-in.

The god damn word is heigh"T". NOT heigh"th". Dont tell me anything if you cant even speak the words correctly.

The correct appeal on a check swing would be with your left hand not your right

Angel Hernandez needs to watch this.

@24:56 : Avoiding the catcher's mask as it's thrown to the ground. Proceeds to run directly into the mask.

At 7:50 why is the plate ump running around? Way out of position

Ah how’s it feel too get eliminated I was the one who got a pick

Aye my school and my homies

25.10, exactly job of avoiding the catcher's mask

Looks like we too won in that playoffs

15:31 he was safe not out

Wayyyy tooo overexplained

Craig Gribson the Home Plate Vampire!