The Mental Game: How do you work?

[The Man in Blue]

I brought this up in another thread, so here is my full spiel:

Think about how you umpire.  How do you analyze rules?  How do you read the books?  How do you work on the field?  How do you communicate?  How do you handle an opposing viewpoint?

Take this free assessment (28 questions, pretty quick) and see if it matches up to how you view the way you approach the game.

https://www.idrlabs.com/true-colors/test.php

 

The assessment tool was originally created to help identify learning and communication styles of at-risk students.

 

[The Man in Blue]

For what it was worth, I came out this time as an Orange Green . . . I guess I've relaxed a little.  I guess leaving my old job was a good move!  😋

 

[MadMax]

Woof. I’m as Orange as a pumpkin 🎃 (92.86%). 

Yup, I’m quick-witted, learn by doing (umpiring especially! As with electrical work! ⚡️), and thrive in a crisis. 

And… 

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[They] have difficulty finding acceptance among the more traditional elements of society [umpiring]

Yeah, navy shirts cuz that’s what we’ve always worn, or cuz the book sez so, ain’t for me. 

[ousafe]

???

[grayhawk]

[Maineac]

Yep. Gold. 

[umpstu]

Orange

[The Man in Blue]

For those that have taken it … do you agree?  What do you see in your game that confirms/rejects the result?

[grayhawk]

I felt like Gold is spot on for me with respect to how I work as an umpire.

[SeeingEyeDog]

Interesting evaluation...it begs the question for The Craft...We know not just anyone can umpire. But is there a certain personality type that makes the best umpire? I say no because when you think about the very best umpires you have ever worked a game with, they are a mish mosh of personality types. Which I think leaves us at...certain personality types have to work harder to achieve excellence as an umpire because they come into The Craft having to overcome their instincts. If you have an emotional personality, you really have to learn how to tamp that down and embrace stoicism and neutrality of your entire mind, body and spirit to excel in The Craft.

Closing question before I give this link to Mrs. Dawg...Do matching personality types from this test make the best relationships? Or opposing? 'Cause I got an opposites attract situation that began in the last century and we make it work.

~Dawg

[concertman1971]

Orange. I am going to take it for Ms ThighPro and have her take it for herself and me. See if we get the same.

[834k3r]

Interesting. Seems I'm a significant outlier. I'm 74+% Blue.

Explains why I really don't like getting into arguments discussions with coaches.

But it also explains why I enjoy working with 2- and 3-man crews so much.

[The Man in Blue]

11 hours ago, SeeingEyeDog said:

Closing question before I give this link to Mrs. Dawg...Do matching personality types from this test make the best relationships? Or opposing? 'Cause I got an opposites attract situation that began in the last century and we make it work.

 

I don't think it is a compatibility assessment, but it definitely can help with improving communication and expectations when you know about yourself and the other person (which is a huge part of relationships).  I think that focus on communications, learning styles, and expectations make this an interesting assessment for umpires.  

Not a romantic relationship, but as I briefly mentioned, one of my former bosses and I benefitted immensely from taking this.  It was awkward because we had worked together in the same role before she was promoted and she was kind of "my work wife."  We were always a great team because of the "opposites" that we were (we made a good yin and yang).  When she promoted, she began looking at things differently and it became a strain.  This helped settle things into that new perspective for us. 

[The Man in Blue]

20 minutes ago, 834k3r said:

Interesting. Seems I'm a significant outlier. I'm 74+% Blue.

Explains why I really don't like getting into arguments discussions with coaches.

But it also explains why I enjoy working with 2- and 3-man crews so much.

 

New meaning to "Hey, Blue!"?

[noumpere]

Black.

[834k3r]

Just now, noumpere said:

Black.

With the Gold W?

[The Man in Blue]

26 minutes ago, noumpere said:

Black.

That's just your heart, @noumpere.   😉

[Richvee]

Your true color is gold (92.86%).

With a hint of green

That is 100% dead on for me as an umpire. 

[wolfe_man]

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[SeeingEyeDog]

3 hours ago, 834k3r said:

Explains why I really don't like getting into arguments discussions with coaches.

Any umpire who "likes" this part of The Craft is a psycho-/socio-path in my unprofessional diagnosis.

We should never shy or shirk from these situations. After all, we are not responsible for how others react or speak to us. We are only responsible (professionally and morally) for how we react and speak to others. We do not "make it about us". We do not arbitrarily insert ourselves into situations looking for things to brew up into problems. We use our senses, our powers of observation and deduction and our rules knowledge to adjudicate a given situation on a baseball field. Coaches and players, by rule, are simply supposed to respect and accept the umpires' decisions and rulings. Yes, umpires make mistakes. Yes, umpires make calls that "go against one team". Neither, by rule, gives a player or a coach the authority to verbally abuse or disrupt everyone's good time at the ballpark because they disagree with the call. 

But, to take the field "looking" for these arguments or discussions or "liking" them? No, that person needs to re-think their life choices. And we have all worked with umpires who umpire like that. If and when you see this, call your partner out on that and make them aware they are making poor choices...discretely and professionally, of course.

~Dawg 

[MarsOmega]

I tested as green, which I think is really how I think as an umpire. I am great at learning and memorizing rules, what to do in what situation, learning different and unusual case plays, and knowing where I am supposed to be. The downside is that I struggle with rigidity and knowing when I am supposed to bend the rules. I struggle with calling balks because it is hard for me to know when I am supposed to call them and when I am supposed to let them go (per age group of course). I also struggle with game management for the same reasons. When do I let comments and behaviors go, when do I act on those comments and behaviors and if I do, what action am I taking? 

[MadMax]

3 hours ago, noumpere said:

Black.

 

3 hours ago, 834k3r said:

With the Gold W?

I gave you two the Confused response emoji to give you this one: 

🤨

1 hour ago, wolfe_man said:

As a Gold, you are a stable and organized achiever by nature.

I don’t know if one of our collaborations would be a shining success, or an abject disaster. 🤔🫣

[wolfe_man]

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[Kevin_K]

Your true color is green (85.71%).

As a Green, you are independent, intellectual and visionary by nature.

Green: Those with a Green temperament value autonomy and free thought while at the same time cherishing book knowledge and abstract, theoretical cognition. Greens are independent thinkers, innovative, logical, academically curious, perfectionistic, and detached. Greens typically want to understand the world in depth, be competent, question the traditional way of doing things; push themselves beyond the limits of what others would consider reasonable; engage in intellectual discussion, as well as to analyze and rearrange systems, and focus on the future. Furthermore, Greens tend to require intellectual freedom; value concise and competent communication; look for mental stimulation, and to bring societal advancement.

I agree with the verdict.

[johnnyg08]

On 6/13/2024 at 11:20 AM, noumpere said:

Black.

Better than Navy.