Youth Baseball Umpire Mechanics

On http://ClubHouseGAS.com , umpire James Armstrong talks about the mechanics behind the plate. Also check-out http://YouthSportTravel.com.

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[Craig Neal]

Thank you sir. I skipped a summer of umping and needed some brushing. Good youth umpire perspective.

[crdcn]

Good job!!! Great explanation!!

[matt tuttle]

you want to set up on the inside corner of the plate not the catchers left shoulder

[comfortat]

the strike zone, according to the LL handbook, is armpits to the bottom of the knees.

[James Gleason]

This man is an excellent umpire...thank you sir!!!!! I learned a lot!!!!

[fiedler12345]

@ 0:46 it looks like the kid is sleeping on a baseball field and his dad wakes him up by screaming safe in his face.

[Christopher C]

this is true 100% that why there no point in balks all the time.

[raven3016]

I don't mind starting teaching balks early, but young kids balk on almost every throw. They aren't trying to deceive the runner, but they still balk. Too many coaches don't know the rules either, and think that a balk is a dead ball, so if a kid balks when a kid steals, the coaches have their kids stop running sometimes

[Christopher C]

Strange there nothing wrong with starting early with balks. but the kids are still trying to learn how to pitch and throw to a base. Most of the time a balk happens in ll its dead ball. ball 1 etc.... or nothing just a dead ball.