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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by LDUB
LL umpires choose to remain bad, even though they have the opportunity to move up and improve their skills.
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I'd rephrase this as: Some (too many) youth league umpires choose to remain bad even though they have the opportunity to improve their skills.
It's not just a LL situation.
Moving up is only one way to improve one's skills.
Too many are stuck in the "unconcious incompetence" state of umpiring -- they don't know that they're "bad", and, might think that they are "better" than those that work higher levels.
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I've never worked a LL game in my life; but that's mostly because PONY is the dominant association around here. However, I have worked PONY and it's higher and lower levels now for 5 years and I completely agree with Bob. Fortunately for myself I have moved from an association where this was the rule and I was the exception (I was the only FED umpire in the entire summer ball association) to one where the opposite occurs.