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Most Misunderstood Rules Coaches Training AGENDA 1. Safety (first and foremost) 2. Before the game starts 3. Legal Bats 4. Strike zone (lets be real!) 5. Slide rule (always yelled about) 6. Balks 7. What is a catch? 8. Questioning an umpires call 9. Ejections 10. Interference/obstruction (awards) 11. Rule interpretation vs judgment call (what coaches can question, what they can’t) 12. Infield fly (quick) 13. Running lanes (natural base path) 14. Hit by pitch (what happenings if it bounces?) 15. Dropped third strike (simple) 16. Base awards (two different scenarios) Safety (first and foremost) • Above all else • Responsibility- the umpires role • Jewelry- none except medical bracelet that must be taped • On deck warm ups-approved warm up devices-pay attention • No batboys/batgirls – • Bat throwers- Umps will warn THEN dugout prison- their call on severity • Helmets –Feet are on field -Youth base coaches • Lightning/thunder- 30 min rule- release teams to coach • Blood- white tissue • Injuries- umpires will suspend time/game if needed • In between innings – catcher in gear- swinging bats • Umps are last word- dugout prison or eject-if they think they need to. Before the game starts • Umpire will call a meeting at home plate 5-10 min before scheduled start • All infield practice will stop and home team should start heading to their positions • Home team coach will bring 2 used and 2 new baseballs to UIC • Line ups will be exchanged with a copy given to the home team scorekeeper • Umpire will ask both coaches if all players are properly equipped to play. Until coach says ‘Yes” play will not start.” I think” so OR “I am not sure” will not work. • Only USSSA approved bats • No doughnuts • 12u and below need earflaps on catchers helmet • Metal spikes for 14 u and above • Catchers need a cup (Umpires will ask) Legal Bats Strike zone (lets be real!) 1. Look at the rulebook strike zone and decide if you want this called in youth ball in all age groups (didn't think so!) 2. “Umpires Think strikes” 3. If umps believe the batter can hit it, it is a strike 4. Consistency is hard with a inconsistent pitcher Slide rule (always yelled about) • Whenever a tag play is evident, a runner must slide OR seek to avoid contact with the fielder and / or catcher. Attempting to jump, leap, or dive over the fielder and / or catcher is not interpreted as seeking to avoid contact. Malicious contact shall supersede all obstruction penalties. • Penalty: The runner shall be called out and may be ejected from the game at the umpire’s discretion. • Rule Comment: When enforcing this rule, the umpire should judge the runner’s intent. If the umpire feels that the contact was unintentional, then the runner should only be declared out. If the umpire feels that the contact was intentional and / or malicious, then the runner should be declared out and ejected. Balks 1. Did he come to a full stop ? 2. Did he come set and separate his hands ? 3. Did he rotate his shoulders ? 4. Did he step towards the base he is throwing to ? 5. Hidden ball trick is a balk! 6. Wheel play is a balk. “ What is a catch?” 1. A CATCH is the act of a fielder in getting secure possession in his hand or glove of a ball in flight and firmly holding it 2. The fielder shall hold the ball long enough (must be 2 seconds is a MYTH!) to prove that he has complete control of the ball and that his release of the ball is voluntary and intentional. 3. If the fielder has made the catch and then drops the ball while in the act of making a throw following the catch, the ball shall be adjudged to have been caught. 4. It is not a catch, however, if simultaneously or immediately following his contact with the ball, he collides with a player, or with a wall, or if he falls down, and as a result of such collision or falling, drops the ball. Questioning an umpires call (Dos and Don'ts) Don'ts 1. Boil out of the dugout like a madman. 2. Go to the umpire that DID NOT make the call. 3. Bring a rulebook on the field. 4. Stay and argue after the umpire says its over 5. Ask the one umpire to overturn the other umpires call 6. Appeal an umpires JUDGEMENT call 7. Say “show me that in the book” or YOU can’t do that” Dos 1. Ask and be granted time calmly 2. If you think the other umpire MAY have had a better look ask the UMPIRE that made the call to check with his partner (be prepared for a no) 3. Protest if you feel the umpire has made a mistake on a RULES decision Ejections 1. This is not pro ball 2. Umps will not let anyone, including themselves, become uncomfortable during your game 3. Heave Ho, quiet kill OR dugout prison- Umps will Say: “You are ejected” 4. Umps will walk away after an ejection 5. If a coach will not leave then Umps forfeit the game to other team. 6. Fans can be removed as well-Umps will ask coach for help Book Ejection Rule • 10.01 All managers, coaches, sponsors, spectators and players shall be expected to conduct themselves in a sportsmanlike manner at all times. Any manager, coach, sponsor, spectator or player whose conduct is unbecoming or abusive shall at a minimum be reprimanded with a warning and if warranted, the offending party shall be ejected from the game at the discretion of the Umpire(s) and / or the League / Tournament Director. • 10.02 Any manager, coach, sponsor, spectator or player leaving their position in the field, on base, on the bench or in the dugout, dugout area or grandstands to participate in a fight, brawl or altercation shall be immediately ejected from the game, the venue and shall be suspended. Local law enforcement shall be notified. • 10.03 Any manager, coach, sponsor, player or other dugout personnel shall be confined to the dugout for the remainder of a game as an alternative to an ejection at the sole discretion of the Umpire(s). • 10.04 Any manager, coach, sponsor, player or other dugout personnel ejected from a game shall immediately remove himself and all personal belongings from the vicinity of the playing field and / or grandstands to the parking area outside the venue and shall remain outside the venue for the remainder of the game ejected from plus one additional game. Under no circumstances shall an ejected individual return to the vicinity of the playing field and / or grandstands upon game completion. An ejected individual returning to the vicinity of the playing field and / or grandstands upon game completion shall be treated as a trespasser by local law enforcement. • Rule 10.04 Comment: Any manager, coach, sponsor, player or other dugout personnel ejected from a league / tournament ending game (i.e.; elimination game, championship game), shall be required to sit out the team’s first game in their next USSSA Sanctioned event. • 10.05 Any spectator ejected from a game shall immediately remove himself and all personal belongings from the vicinity of the playing field and grandstands to the parking area outside the venue and shall remain outside the venue for the remainder of the game ejected from. Under no circumstances shall an ejected individual return to the vicinity of the playing field and / or grandstands upon game completion. An ejected individual returning to the vicinity of the playing field and / or grandstands upon game completion shall be treated as a trespasser by local law enforcement. An ejected individual should only return to the vicinity of the playing field and / or grandstands at the start of the affiliated team’s next game. • 10.06 Abusive language (cursing) or tactics is unsportsmanlike and shall result in an automatic ejection. • 10.07 Throwing of equipment is unsportsmanlike and shall result in an automatic ejection. Interference/obstruction (awards) 1. Offence Interferes, Defense Obstructs 2. On most interference calls the ball will be called dead. 3. Most common is runner getting hit by batted ball OR running into a fielder attempting to make a play. 4. Runners MUST not interfere with a player attempting to field a ball regardless of the situation! (contact is NOT required!) 5. On an obstruction umps will extend left hand and wait for the all action to cease (delayed dead ball). 6. If they believe the runner got to the base he would have with out the obstruction don’t do anything, if not they will award him the advance you believe he would have made. 7. Young basemen camp out in the running lanes a lot! Rule interpretation vs judgment call (what you can question, what you can’t) 1. Strike, ball, out, safe, infield fly, are judgment calls. 2. Declared walk, courtesy runner is a rule interpretation 3. Generally a judgment calls are made with umps eyes, interpretations are made with their heads. 4. If umps are pushed on a rule interpretation they will ask if the coach if he wants to protest, if not “Play Ball” Infield fly 1. THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE INFIELD FLY RULE IS TO PROTECT THE RUNNERS AND PREVENT THE DEFENSE FROM TURNING AN EASY DOUBLE PLAY. If the defense cannot turn a double play by tricking the runners into thinking they will catch the ball and then not catching it and getting two outs, the rule does not apply. For example if there is only a runner on first base, and an easy flyball is hit in the infield, proper base running will dictate that the runner on first base stay put, but the batter runs hard to first base.
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