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I have attended both clinics. I found the advanced clinic the most benefical and well worth the money for the following reasons:
a. The quality of umpires at the advanced camp is better than at the weekend camp. Normally very experienced umpires;
b. The instructors at the advanced camp of all on the national staff;
c. The instructor to student ratio at the advanced camp around 1 to 10 versus the weekend camp it was more like 1 to 30.
d. The most benefical component of the camp is that over the weekend, the instructors will watch ever game you umpire and debrief you at length after the game. The debrief is very useful because it is both positive and negative. The negative comments, at least at the camp I was at, was more to understand your thought process and if necessary to correct that process.
My assessment was that I would never attend the weekend camp again, but would attend the advanced camp every 4 to 5 years.
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