Coach, if you have seen this post, then disregard.

http://forum.officiating.com/basebal...1-edition.html

I concur - you won't get the best umpiring in those youth games from a rules standpoint (at least around here) but you won't get the best baseball either.

To worry about the umpires is doing the kids at that level a disservice. Its teaching them to whine, complain, assume the umpire is wrong, etc. Then, if any of them get good, they have a bad approach and attitude that holds them back. The best players are the ones that don't flip out when something doesn't go their way. They just take a deep breath, retoe the rubber or step back in, and do what they know how to do.

Baseball is a calm sport, kind of like golf in that sense. You can't be all hyper out there. Teach your kids to be cool to umpires and they'll become better players and probably better people.