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Originally Posted by Rags 11
What is the movement policy for your HS associations? How many years & games at JV will get you to varsity?
Is movement based on a coach's ratings?
Once you are a varsity umpire, is there any mechanism for you to be moved DOWNWARD, or are guys varsity "for life?"
Thanks,
AR
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Our HS is similiar to Ozzy. We usually ask all officials to call JV and Jr. High, that is good training for the young officials to work with veterans.
It takes about three years before we will give umpires the "quality" varsity assignment, but then we are in a "hot bed" for baseball. In our part of the state we have annually four or five of the best teams in the state, so those teams demand and require the better officials.
But we will work in the younger/newer guys for non-district games and so forth until they are ready. We require three years before someone gets a playoff game, but that is changing now because of a shortage of officials.
Once an umpire gets to varsity level he stays there, but the level of games that he get depends on his "ability" to umpire.
thanks
David