Both Sides of the Mask

Liz and Tony are celebrating like it's 1999! Well, at least trying to make the best of it. The hot topic of the week started with a bang. Like, literally. So many emotions, outbursts, opinions, and rebuttals. No, toilet paper wasn't sold out of stores after this pandemic-like announcement was made by the Arbiter Staff. 

It was hard to keep up with all madness. Amazing how many people go overboard over a change. What made it easy to stay on task, was the discussion of NCAA softball is finally ending our 23-year drought of the same umpire uniforms and getting a pretty fine uplift. Just an FYI...the uniforms are not sold online or in any of the stores yet. So, we all have time to save up for the newest addition to our wardrobe closest! Be Kind. Be Patient. Be Excellent everyone!

Sneak peek before Tony and Liz launch their full episode this week...

The last day of August had all umpires across the nation with mixed emotions. Finally New uniforms for the 2022 NCAA season. Here, Liz discusses her thoughts on the long-awaited change. Many umpires will agree the uniforms needed an uplift. But for some umpires, they don't like to change. 

Well, like many other things in life, things need to change to keep up with the evolution. You're either investing in yourself or you're falling behind. Which one are you? It's about time softball umpires are appreciated. 

Tony and Liz took a couple of weeks off and came back motivated with a new episode to talk about how we both can enjoy both sides of the mask by taking the time away from our busy lifestyles. Tony and his family enjoyed their time visiting the greatest place in the world, by visiting the Big Mouse! Liz and her entire family experienced the Gulf Shores and the beauty mother nature brings us. 

One of the few topics we got into that is hot off the presses is the 2022-2023 NCAA Rule changes. A few rules were reworded for better clarification and others were adjusted to help better manage the game. 

Also, we discussed upcoming camps. Many of our listeners have been requesting topics such as this to help others prepare and succeed. Tony and Liz both have experience as fellow umpires going through camps to reach the next level and be better. We provided some feedback on how we handle ourselves as clinicians at the softball umpire camps. 

It's back-to-school sessions, or in our case, back to camps sessions. Follow our page and Facebook page to find all the latest softball umpiring camps near you. Bothsidesofthemask.com and @bothsidesofthemask

Rule changes are coming...Tony talks about a couple things.

Who didn't have the Eminem Song in their heads after reading the title to this power chat? I know I did. All silliness aside, we are finally back at it with our recordings. This summer has been busy for Tony and me with work, sessions, horse rodeos, and softball tournaments. 

The next full episode Tony and I will publish will talk more about my WS experience and the behind-the-scenes. Today I wanted to touch base with what goals do you have, how are you staying focused, and some things I witnessed this summer with my daughters' tournaments. Plus, I wanted to get you all back to self-motivate yourself to be better.

Be ready! We're about to be on a roll again. Guess Who's Back! Power Chat!

Be Excellent!

This was quite an experience for many. Regional weekend fell the same weekend for DIII-DI NCAA Softball this season and things were a bit nuts. Our goal has always been to bring all aspects of game closer together, but this post season there was negatives that drove that gap apart instead of together. Listen as we dive into that and more!

It has been a minute since we have had a full episode! There are a lot of things to talk about and expound upon. So, we will start here and then build as we go!

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