Camps?

[bkbjones]

Originally Posted by bkbjones

I know the ASA Advanced Camp is wonderful, and I think the world of Phil G. and all who work hard to make these camps great (and to the folks in TX before that, and folks before that).

But there is an interesting point to be made here (at least IMHO). There IS a need for some sort of camp, much like the basketball camps and the ASA Advanced camps. Not everyone is an ASA umpire, but hopefully all are aspiring to become better at our avocation. Besides, not everyone is cut out for the ASA Advanced National Camp (just ask Billy Monk and some of the others in TX).

Isn't there some way we can do this for the betterment of softball umpiring as a whole? Don't get me wrong, I am beholden to the blue shirt brigade - ASA and especially the Seattle group and leaders like Malcolm Boyles and Wild Bill Silves and others have given me some pretty darned wonderful opportunities to succeed. But is there more we can do to help those who want to succeed, succeed?

I suppose my greatest sin was trying to partially hijack a post. I did NOT fall off the turnip truck yesterday or last week or last year or last decade - I know how folks are selected to work NCAA games, despite the apparent perception that I am naive, dumb, stupid or ignorant.

The point that I was trying to make is that in my opinion it would be nice to somehow offer camps to folks, not for selection to NCAA or anything else, but just to make the profession better.