LL Softball on ESPN, MI vs TX

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Originally Posted by Mountaineer

WOW, now THAT'S a generalization if I've ever heard one. I've had tons of training (not that it's done me any good) and I do LL as well as NF and NCAA. I know of probably a dozen college umpires that volunteer for LL as well as literally every NF umpire in our local board! In 2004 I did a LL Regional and many of those umpires did other levels of umpiring as well.

I had a boss that used to say, "All generalizations, including this one, are false."

I think C-one is referring to those who only work LL as volunteers and only receive training when the district brings someone in for a clinic.

Many go out and find training on their own and that is not a bad thing. I've offered the school to LL assns. for the cost of a registration. Though some may be interested, the local LL assn. often kills it because they do not care for the outside influence. Personally, I think this happens in many youth organizations. They do not want anyone from the "outside" to taint the way things are in their little realm.

The one person I have come over from LL three years ago, worked his first ASA national this year. He expected to be intimidated by some, but realized his training far exceeded that of many of the umpires with years of experience 5-fold or better, and he excelled. Of course, I started him out with an extremely good umpire.