Football Wrist Bands

[TheUmp]

Saw a lot of teams using these this year after every pitch coach yells out a # for batter or fielder, Player looks on wrist band and knows play coach wants, Every player but the pitcher wears one what do ya think about this ? It takes up more time as player studies wrist card.

[BigUmp56]

My suggestion for you would be to stop working games for the mentally impaired.


Tim.

[dileonardoja]

Saw a lot of teams using these this year after every pitch coach yells out a # for batter or fielder, Player looks on wrist band and knows play coach wants, Every player but the pitcher wears one what do ya think about this ? It takes up more time as player studies wrist card.

Ive seen this quite a bit in my area. It is likely to grow in popularity. Lowers the risk of missing signs I'm told. What ever.

[JBowling]

There is a team in my area that does that. The one time that I had them, it didn't seem to make much difference in the length of game.

[kylejt]

I've seen catchers wear them, but not fielders.

[CoachJM]

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This past season was the first time I'd ever seen these at a baseball game.

Only two times, and, like Kyle, both times only worn by the catchers. The coaches used them to signal pitches to the catcher. The coach would bark a number from the dugout, the catcher would "look it up" on his "wrist card" & then signal the pitcher.

Seemed kind of silly to me, but I found it more amusing than annoying.

JM

[mstaylor]

I saw a HS team do this the last two years. The catcher and SS both wore them.

[umpduck11]

I've seen it with a few teams on the High School level. Most are catcher only, but I have seen one team who's pitcher kept his cap, and referred
to it only sparingly, not between each pitch.

[Baloo]

THe las t tourney I did a couple of weeks ago the coach would bark out colours and munbers but I didn't see any wrist bands.

[western_ump]

It's become very popular in baseball. The company that sells them says nobody can steal your signs when you use them.... I don't know if that's true or not.

I've seen everything from just the catcher wearing it, to every fielder but the pitcher wearing one, to the defense AND offense wearing them. I think it slows the game WAY down, personally.