I am looking for some fielding advice from coaches or umpires in regards to tagging a runner. We teach our middle infielders that if runners are on 1st or 1st and 2nd with less than 2 outs and a ground ball is to her, she is to tag the runner and then throw the ball to closest bag. If she cannot make the tag, throw the ball to the base to get the lead runner. However, several times this season umpires have missed the tag. It happened again yesterday in the championship game. Runners were on 1st and 2nd with 1 out and the ball was hit to 2B. She fielded the ball, tagged the runner and threw the ball to 1st for a double play. The team cheered and began to walk off the field. Their 1st base coach even started walking toward his dugout. We quickly realized that the umpire did not call the runner out and were able to prevent the runner that began on 2nd from scoring. We called time and asked the field umpire for help. The home plate umpire stated that he could not see if she made the tag. So the play stood. I then brought our girls in and told them to make sure of the tag. As I walked to the dugout, the field umpire warned me about flagrant or aggressive tags. I nicely reminded him of his eye appointment on Monday morning (under my breath). Actually I just kept walking to the dugout. Like I said we have had this call go against us several times but it has happened to other teams in other games. Most misses seem to happen when the umpire is between 2nd and 3rd. Looking for any advice or techniques to teach my infielders to ensure the lead out or double play. By the way, both the runner and the coach later told me that 2B did make the tag.