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Originally Posted by Rita C
After the meeting was finished I went to the assignor to give him my name and find out what information I might have missed and let him know I was interested. His first question was, "What level do you want to umpire?" I thought this was an odd question and said, "It's my first year in the association. I don't expect to get varsity!" He then explained that one town near me has just a varsity team, the nearest town has jv and varsity but the next town over has freshman through varsity.
Absolutely no questions about my experience or training! And I happen to know that JV games have been assigned to people of little or no experience or training.
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You answered his question when you said "It's my first year in the association. I don't expect to get varsity." He heard that and thought "green". If you had higher credentials, you should answer differently. This will lead to more questions. First year in assoc means a little bit to him, but not much, what you have done and are capable of does, and of course being available to work means a lot. Sign up, pay the fees, do the clinics and you will get some games, meet some people, make mistakes, and learn. Whether you get paired up with an experienced umpire depends on the assigner, and his practices.