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Old Sun Nov 20, 2005, 08:41pm
JJ JJ is offline
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Mike,
Go to either one of the 5-week pro schools, and you'll come out a better umpire. Yes, they teach MLB rules, but those rules are the fundamentals that FED and NCAA and the other codes are based on. Learn the fundamentals first, then the variations at the levels you'll be working. You'll learn solid mechanics and communication, and the greatest thing they instill is confidence. 20 years after I went, though I never got a pro job, I'm working high levels of NCAA and loving it.

JJ
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