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Old Thu Dec 08, 2011, 08:45am
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UIC Umpire evaluation form

Anyone have an umpire evaluation form? I have one but it's not very detailed and I was wondering what others here use when evaluating their umpires. If you don't have a form, what are some of the key points you use when doing your evaluations?

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Old Thu Dec 08, 2011, 09:24am
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Mine is a relatively simple one, and geared for doing two and three man crews. It uses a number rating system, 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest, in the following areas:

Appearance (uniform and personal)
Physical Condiitioning
Overall Field Presence
Handling difficult situations
Rules knowledge and application
Game control
Hustle

Also, there are fields for the following plate mechanics:

Head position on balls and strikes
Position in making fair/foul calls
Position on plays
Movement
Timing and voice in making a call
Third strike mechanic
Consistency of the zone
Signals

Then there are the following field mechanics fields:

Position iwth bases empty
Position with runners on
Position on plays
Movement
Steals, pivots, pick-offs
Timing and voice
Signals

Then there are the following fields for "crewness:"

Rotations
Communication with partners
Handling difficult situations

That is pretty much it.
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Old Thu Dec 08, 2011, 04:37pm
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Scott,

That's great! Thanks a million! May I borrow?
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Old Thu Dec 08, 2011, 05:40pm
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You will find a link to a very fine evaluation form for your use on this sight.
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Old Fri Dec 09, 2011, 09:10am
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Scott,

That's great! Thanks a million! May I borrow?
Sure. Shoot me a PM with an email addy, and I will scan it and send you a copy. (Yes....I only have it in antiquated hard copy form.)
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Anyone have an umpire evaluation form? I have one but it's not very detailed and I was wondering what others here use when evaluating their umpires. If you don't have a form, what are some of the key points you use when doing your evaluations?

Thanks!
I've got the Florida HS eval form in fillable pdf format if you'd like it.
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Old Thu Dec 15, 2011, 11:39pm
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I'd LOVE it. Thank you!

All the help has been great! Thank you everyone who has helped out! Any more would also and always be very much appreciated!
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