I want to say that the strike zone has got stupid. Now I umpired for a little while but don't have 20 years experience on umpiring but close enough to know what a strike is. If I remember the strike zone in USSSA is 3 foot from release. So that means if a pitcher releases it at his hip or thigh its really got to get about 5 foot to 6 foot off the ground. Not 3 foot from the ground and go underneath the hitters knees and be called a strike cause it cleared. Another is excessive speed. Its called slowpitch not fastpitch. So maybe some are going to say u got a bat and swing. Listen learn the strike zone before coming an umpire. My lord. And for the ones that don't want to give that 8 foot in the air and lands 6 inches behind the plate. You going to get the pitchers hurt that way having to throw flat pitches. For one its where the ball crosses the plate not where it lands. So guys don't point the bat at the mark where it landed. You look like a fool when doing that. No I don't know it all but I know enough about this game to know when someone makes you hit a pitch that is supposed to be called illegal once released. Read the Mechanic book on umpiring not just go to a clinic and pay and sign a piece of paper. Ok I done. LOL