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A few posts on here lately have talked about changing bad habits. Obviously we all have things we work on every game, but what thing(s) are you going into the season determined to fix? For me it is a really silly one. I was at a clinic a few weeks ago and in our cage session our instructor (a WUS instructor and AAA umpire) was talking about taking off and putting your mask on. @UMP45 was also an instructor at this clinic. When we all were supposed to put our mask back on in the drill, I heard a soft voice next to me (UMP45) say "left hand Mike". I had never realized it, but I had gotten into the habit of switching hands between take-off and put-on and was grabbing the mask with my right hand when I put it back on. So that's mine for this season (I am sure there will be more). I've worked only two scrimmages since that clinic, but am focusing on putting my mask on with the correct hand now. Surprisingly, this habit is harder to break than I thought it would be. Went to a HS game this past Saturday as a spectator and the first thing I noticed was that the PU put his mask on right-handed...so at least it is in my head now. Last year it was working the bases without an indicator (where we were not required to have an indicator on the bases). I found not using one to increase my focus on situations and I actually lost the count/outs less often sans indicator. What's yours?