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Originally Posted by jkumpire
If I am not mistaken at this point, there are serveral guys here who train new umpires for their local associations.
How many hours in class and on the field do you send with your newbies? My state requires 25 hours of class/field work. I really feel constricted with that many hours. I find it hard to get through the FED rules in a detailed way and do any kind of decent mechanics work at all. How many of you get your new guys in a cage, or see live pitching before games and scrimmages?
How do you divide your time?
Thanks for your imput.
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In our high school association, beginning six weeks prior to the season, rookies meet for two hours weekly to go over rules and mechanics in the class room. Additionally, they have a four hour on field mechanics class, an evening in the cages, a monitored scrimmage, and a two hour rules prep prior to the test. That adds up to about 24 hours
Once the season begins, the two hour meetings continue and we add situations to the mechanics and rules discussions. We also have a relatively new mentoring program in which all upper level umpires are required to participate. We attend rookies games and discuss their successes and some areas that could be improved afterwards.