First, get there early. Figure 30 minutes minimum. You need to check the field (for holes in the fence and other ground rule stuff). You might have to inspect bats and helmets.
If you have an umpire partner, have a pregame meeting so you know who's covering where. (This is where knowing mechanics helps.)
About five minutes before the scheduled start time, call the managers together, introduce yourself by name, ask if the players are properly equipped, review the ground rules, tell the managers to ask you for time and wait until you grant it until they come out. Then say, "good luck, and have a good game."
When the pitcher finishes warmups and the pitcher has the ball and is on the rubber, catcher ready, and batter in the box, point to the pitcher and call "PLAY!"
You say: "Play ball".
Get ready for every person present to see and know better than you, even the mom 50 feet away. Grow a thick skin because you will be called every name in the book.
Don't listen to dawgdays, he doesn't know dik about umpiring, just a little 5'4 **** that thinks that that his claim to fame
Make sure you give the catcher a ball that you can see.
Hi, i am currently 15 years old and starting in the fall i will umpire 6u games. I would like to know some tips. I would like to know how to start a game and what to say and any additional tips you may have. By the way, I have been playing baseball my whole life.
