players to be umpires and here is what I suggest. To recruit anyone to do anything you have to find the way that the thing you want the people do fits their needs. College students, whether they are players or not, want two things during the summer, money and free time. If I wanted to recruit college kids to be umpires, I would go to the coaches of the local colleges and university. I would not necessarily limit it to softball coaches. I ask if I could get 20 mins to talk to the kids after practice one day in the spring. I would pitch umpiring as a summer job where you can make $300-400 a week, working 2-3 days a week with rest of your time free. I compare it to a summer job where someone was making say $10 an hour and how a softball game, at say $35 per game, is over $20 per hour. I would do it in the spring as opposed to fall because the kids are already thinking about summer vacation.
I hope that helps.
I have added a portion to my website about giving back, asking college players to become coaches, umpires, etc. I would appreciate it if anyone has information about how to become certified umpires if they could email it to me at
[email protected], if possible, include links to any websites. I will be happy to add it to my site. Thanks