Rules training and education

[mattmets]

Originally Posted by ctblu40

We do hold the record for the longest pre-games in history I believe.

What's that? I've had 2 partners this year show up more than 15 minutes before game time.

At one of our meetings we had a half hour argument on mechanics, and a fistfight almost broke out. What is so difficult about setting down positioning and mechanics and sticking to them?!

[BlueLawyer]

Tim:

It sounds to me like you're doing more than trying- you're succeeding. Good job.

Implementing something like that statewide in Arkansas will be very, very hard. Baseball is still considered a second-class sport. Football is king and basketball is the crown prince. This is the first year, for example, that the State picked umpires for Regional and State High School Tournaments. I was selected for both, and yet, somehow, nobody from Little Rock came to evaluate me. Maybe if they had, I would have had no postseason. I digress.

You appear to have a very thorough, well-thought out curriculum. I want to develop something similar for my association. Thanks for the help.

Strikes and outs!