Umpire Equipment
In a baseball game, one of the most important roles is in charge of not only officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game, is also in charge of making judgement calls on plays and handling disciplinary actions. In the beginning days of baseball, there was only one umpire but now there are several who make up the umpire crew.
Properly fitting umpire equipment is key to the protective benefits of the equipment. The three basic pieces of equipment an umpire will need are a mask, leg guards, and a chest protector.
The proper fitting mask will be not too tight and not too loose. Being to loose, the mask will move and obstruct your vision or shift and expose your face and will interfere with your ability to call a game. A mask that is too tight can cause a concussion if the ball hits the mask, the hit will be absorbed into the mask and transferred to head instead of the mask. Your mask is too tight if it does not move when hit. It should be easy to put on and take off with one hand. Ideally, your mask should move or spin when hit to distribute the energy of the blow.
Leg guards are sized in inches. To get the proper fit in leg guards, measure the center of knee to the top of your foot where the foot meets the shin. Since leg guards don’t break in, make sure you have a proper fit from the start.
A good chest protector will provide good collar bone protection. To get a proper fitting chest protector, measure from the top of the throat guard to the bottom of the protector. Chest protectors are sized in inches, usually from 11” to 20”, and have adjustable straps, to tighten for the proper fit and comfort.
Homerunmonkey has all the equipment necessary for an umpire to properly officiate his game, including
Diamond Umpire Equipment,
Rawlings Umpire Equipment and
Wilson Umpire Equipment. A baseball umpire is also going to need a variety of
umpire accessories as well. Some of the accessories include ball bags, umpire indicators and an umpire brush.
Also available from homerunmonkey for the properly attired umpire, is a good selection of
umpire footwear by Reebok, Mizuno, and Verdero. Of course the well equiped umpire is going to need an
umpire bag to store all that gear, and Homerunmonkey has a good variety of equipment bags especially designed for the all important umpire made by Wilson, Worth, Easton, Louisville Slugger, Rawlings and more.
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