Retaining Younger Umpires

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

I don't believe new umpires would attend a distant national beginners school. Too costly in bith time and money and possibly intimidating as "national".

Yeah, you'd think so... but apparently enough of them are attending to cause the national school to become a de facto beginners school anyway.

Originally Posted by CecilOne

In DE, and apparently MN, there is an excellent State school and we vets easily spot the umpires who have or haven't been there. It is where most of my mechanics came from and I know the school is still effective.

MSF (MN ASA) schedules 3 or 4 of these around the state, so generally at least 1 is within a reasonable driving distance... I know, not an issue in DE! The schools are paid for by the umpire registration fee, so there is no additional charge - you could go to a couple of them if you wanted to.