hbushell

Does anyone else feel like plate shoes need more traction? I'm a new umpire with less than two years of experience. Last year, I umpired 89 games, 9u, through the men's league. My plate shoes are fine on well-groomed or turf fields, but I lose traction a lot on less-than-optimal fields, especially in 1-man, for apparent reasons. I want to hustle as hard as I can to get the best angle, but I find myself easing up so that I don't fall on my face. We've one field locally behind the plate that resembles sand on top of concrete. I have the Smitty plate shoes and the SSK plate shoes. The SSKs are a bit better, like hiking boot tread, but not great. Everything else I see offered doesn't have any tread more aggressive than I already have. Thought's?