YBE 172: Lessons Learned As An Umpire I Never Learned As A Coach

Umpires are expected to be perfect 100% of the time. And if you make a mistake—or are perceived as having made a mistake—you get yelled at.

Who would want that kind of job?



And after taking that kind of job, Rob learned five things in one year of umpiring that he never learned in twenty-one years of coaching.

Also, he answers the Question of the Week (17:17) about when to pull a struggling youth pitcher.

In this 23-minute episode, I share

• why coaches don't know the rules nearly as well as we think we do (2:32)
• why umpiring is much harder than it looks (10:06)
• the sad reality that coaches and umpires see themselves, by default, as enemies (11:50)
• how becoming an umpire has changed how I coach (14:57)
• why more coaches should be umpires (16:10)

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• GamePlan practice planning app
(Officially launched!)

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