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Mon Mar 26, 2007, 10:07pm
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For Teachers Only
If I am not mistaken at this point, there are serveral guys here who train new umpires for their local associations.
How many hours in class and on the field do you send with your newbies? My state requires 25 hours of class/field work. I really feel constricted with that many hours. I find it hard to get through the FED rules in a detailed way and do any kind of decent mechanics work at all. How many of you get your new guys in a cage, or see live pitching before games and scrimmages? How do you divide your time? Thanks for your imput. 
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Tue Mar 27, 2007, 07:48am
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25 is a LOT, but doable if you have scrimmage you can work in your area. I'd say 8 class hours, and then 2-3 scrimmages and a guy is ready to work with an experienced partner. I wouldn't put them out there with another newbie for a while, but often you learn more from on-the-field REAL games than you possibly could otherwise.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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Tue Mar 27, 2007, 09:03am
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The Portland Baseball Umpires Association puts 1st and 2nd year umpires a minimum of 26 hours that is split between classroom and field. The motivated guys can attend about 30 hours worth of training! We actually offered two days of 6 hour on-field mechanics training this year on a weekend that was well attended.
In addition, we are "encouraging" 3rd-5th year umpires to attend the same amount of training, but this concentrates on more advanced mechanics and rules. Upward mobility is tied to attendance in the commissioners eyes, so it is well attended. The average 3-5 year guy is attending about 22 hours per year. I think lots of training is important! The more the better! I do high school, ODP, and premier 11-19 year old soccer that is USSF sanctioned, and have found that the required training produces better upper level referees. Soccer has had yearly classroom/on field training hour requirements for upgrades for years, and it shows!
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Tue Mar 27, 2007, 09:08am
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In our high school association, beginning six weeks prior to the season, rookies meet for two hours weekly to go over rules and mechanics in the class room. Additionally, they have a four hour on field mechanics class, an evening in the cages, a monitored scrimmage, and a two hour rules prep prior to the test. That adds up to about 24 hours Once the season begins, the two hour meetings continue and we add situations to the mechanics and rules discussions. We also have a relatively new mentoring program in which all upper level umpires are required to participate. We attend rookies games and discuss their successes and some areas that could be improved afterwards.
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Tue Mar 27, 2007, 09:31am
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We have two mandatory clinics (mandatory for all with 3 years experience or less) that are held during scrimmages. (Usually about 3-4 hours each) If there is time, I prefer to do cage work; but that's hard to work in sometimes. I feel that is the best time spent with a completely new umpire because usually their plate work is the weakest point. With an umpire who might have worked "small ball" only, its more of spending time fixing the bad habits and teaching them to get out of the "rocking chair" and call the entire game. Then we mentor our young officials by placing them with a veteran during their games during the season. This allows continuing education in the real'time setting etc., Thanks David
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