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Old Fri Jan 09, 2026, 05:08pm
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USASB 2026 documents
Howdy,
Anyone seeing 2026 umpire exam, or umpire manuals yet?

I'm only seeing 2025 docs so far. I think the 2025 umpire exam actually was available in mid-December last year.
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Old Fri Jan 09, 2026, 06:15pm
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Rules books and manual are not available yet.
Exam either, I guess.
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Old Sun Jan 11, 2026, 01:09am
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The USA Softball changed its website on Jan. 01st, and I had to do some searching around the website, but here are some website URLs:

2026 USA Softball Rules Book:
https://www.usasoftball.com/wp-conte..._Digital-1.pdf

2026 USA Softball Rules Changes with Comments as of Nov. 10, 2025 and Effective as of Jan. 01, 2026:
https://www.usasoftball.com/wp-conte...ents-Final.pdf

2025-26 NCAA-NFHS-USA Softball, Rules Differences:
https://www.usasoftball.com/wp-conte...s-1-1-2026.pdf

All three documents are PDFs and can be downloaded to one’s computer’s hard drive.

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Old Sun Jan 11, 2026, 08:22am
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Great job, Mark. Seeing those 2026 links, I checked the "online" menu I use
https://www.usasoftball.com/?redirec...2FUSA-Softball
and the Rules Book is there as well.

Did you by any chance see a new Umpire Manual? I have this
https://www.usasoftball.com/wp-conte...ev-1-Final.pdf
and changing the year gets nothing.
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Old Wed Jan 14, 2026, 08:37pm
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Great job, Mark. Seeing those 2026 links, I checked the "online" menu I use
https://www.usasoftball.com/?redirec...2FUSA-Softball
and the Rules Book is there as well.

Did you by any chance see a new Umpire Manual? I have this
https://www.usasoftball.com/wp-conte...ev-1-Final.pdf
and changing the year gets nothing.

Cecil:

I have PDF copies but not the URL for them of the 2025 Umpire Manual. There was an Original Version (dated: Jan. 29, 2025) and a Revised Version (dated: Apr. 01, 2025).

PM me with your email address and I will email you the PDF copies.

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Old Fri Jan 16, 2026, 10:56am
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It's finally here.

https://www.usasoftball.com/wp-conte...am_digital.pdf
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I just got word that the new rule book has a mistake and has already gone to print. The online version has the correct change.
I am trying to find out the mistake.
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I just got word that the new rule book has a mistake and has already gone to print. The online version has the correct change.
I am trying to find out the mistake.

Did PDF files open for you?

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Did PDF files open for you?

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Yes, I thought I thanked you in an email.
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Yes, I thought I thanked you in an email.

DOH! You did but it got buried in my Inbox among some other Softball email between Mark, Jr. and me.

I am glad I could help. I do not know if you follow anything is the Basketball Forum but here we are halfway through the basketball season and both men's and women's college basketball officials have not yet received their CCA Officials Manuals and Mark's first college Softball assignment is at Coastal Carolina University on Feb. 06-08th and NCAA Softball Umpires have not received their CCA Umpires Manuals.

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