The Teaching of Umpires

[Andy]

I will defintely second the opinion of digging through and reading the rule books to learn how to umpire. I will also say that there is no substitute for experience. In all of the sports that I have officiated, I took as many contests as possible for the first few years, any level, anywhere. At some of the lower and recreational levels you may see stuff happen that won't happen anywhere else and you have to rule on it. Even if you blow the call, you will never forget that particular ruling.

Also - watch good veteran umpires work and ask questions about situations and calls that came up in their games.