Saturday and Sunday we held a baseball tournament. The kids playing
in the tournament ranged in age from 6-8 years old. These teams were coach pitch which means that the coach is the one who tosses the ball for the better to hit. My job, after helping with set up, was to help umpire the games. Now I played softball in high school and I have watched my fair share of baseball games. But having to umpire definitely gave me a new perspective on the game. I had to stay focused and watch the pitcher, batter, and runners all at the same
time! The first couple of innings I was apprehensive and shy, but once I warmed up and made a few calls I was really able to get into it. Doing all of the hand motions with the calls instead of just verbally saying "out" was my favorite part. Since this was a two day tournament, when I came back on Sunday I was pumped and ready to make some calls! And they were the semi-final and final games so I had to be on top of my game. Since it was coach pitch the coaches were able to help verify any calls that I or the other umpire called. All of the teams, including the coaches and kids, had a lot of sportsmanship and were just excited to be out there playing a sport that they loved. That is what made the
weekend enjoyable to me, being able to watch these kids have the time of
their lives playing sports and no politics or rowdy out of control parents
were around. I am happy to be able to put another skill such as umpire under my
belt!
in the tournament ranged in age from 6-8 years old. These teams were coach pitch which means that the coach is the one who tosses the ball for the better to hit. My job, after helping with set up, was to help umpire the games. Now I played softball in high school and I have watched my fair share of baseball games. But having to umpire definitely gave me a new perspective on the game. I had to stay focused and watch the pitcher, batter, and runners all at the same
time! The first couple of innings I was apprehensive and shy, but once I warmed up and made a few calls I was really able to get into it. Doing all of the hand motions with the calls instead of just verbally saying "out" was my favorite part. Since this was a two day tournament, when I came back on Sunday I was pumped and ready to make some calls! And they were the semi-final and final games so I had to be on top of my game. Since it was coach pitch the coaches were able to help verify any calls that I or the other umpire called. All of the teams, including the coaches and kids, had a lot of sportsmanship and were just excited to be out there playing a sport that they loved. That is what made the
weekend enjoyable to me, being able to watch these kids have the time of
their lives playing sports and no politics or rowdy out of control parents
were around. I am happy to be able to put another skill such as umpire under my
belt!
