Umpire continuing education

[alabamabluezebra]

AlabamaBlue and I call in the same association. We are experiencing a severe shortage of umpires due to many factors including high school softball. Games on Monday and Tuesday were completely rained out which cause many makeup games to be scheduled Thursday and Friday. Many of our current umpires have 3 years or less experience. We also have our share of umpires that cannot call behind the plate due to health issues. Since our association exclusively umpires Dixie softball, we have many opportunities for umpires to call teeball or coach pitch games but the excessive rainouts have caused some umpires to be place in higher age group games.