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Day 1 of Week 2

Soo today was a very good day. Started off with a little rust when it came to getting back onto the field but was about to brush that off and quickly get right back into the swing of things !
 Today was a lot more of plate work and today they added in fair/foul ball /mechanics and voice. My first go around wasn't my best with my hat/mask technique still needing to be refined a little bit, but I am improving each day which is really picking my confidence up.  In fact after doing one of my "drills" one of the instructors was like, " Now that's how we do it "  I also got a thumbs up from one of the MLB umpires which really helped.
      I am starting to feel more comfortable here at the school, and have found a really good group of guys that are willing to help encourage,support, push/challenge/ help and just be my friend while I am here.   Tomorrow is our first set of tests and I am feeling good about going into them and coming out with good results.
  Tomorrow we begin our "base umpire" mechanics and also review some of the plate stuff. Every day they add more to the puzzle and I am starting to really grasp it and its starting to become fun again.

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