PONY Umpire

[baseballfan]

Hello all,

 

I am a pony umpire out here in SoCal at North Valley Youth Baseball... actually the same place where MiLB umpire Ryan Goodman grew up umpiring (though I don't know him personally). I've been doing youth/pony baseball for 6-7 years and recently decided to attend The Umpire School in January 2014. I have been browsing this site for awhile now and decided to become a member. Look forward to continuing to learn from you all.

 

Here's a brief video of my work, and I hope to upload more in the future. Any suggestions would be great! Personally, I feel my right arm is flared out a bit far here, leaving it more exposed to injury. Plus it just doesn't look good, imo.

 

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[blue23ll]

Why not just stay hands on knees (Gerry Davis System) and forget that other "dropping into the stance" stuff??

[RichMSN]

Well, some of us don't like the GD stance...to each their own, really.

And they won't teach it at TUS, unless school training has changed.

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[blue23ll]

Say it ain't so Rich...I'm crushed 

[mjr_2013]

Work on timing on the out call at the plate... I feel like you could have banged the out (which was a great mechanic btw) and then all of a sudden the ball is rolling on the ground.

[mstaylor]

Nice adjustment to get from one runner to the next. 

[Umpire in Chief]

SoCal where they play baseball 11.5 months a year. An umpire's dream. Welcome.