Umpire Training

[emaxos]

Just curious.
I have seen several references on this and other boards about umpires going through a training program which includes both classroom and practice game sessions. In the "short" eight years I have been around the game, I have never heard of any players from around my area having been involved in any games that were for official's training.
How is this usually done and are practice games the exception or the norm?
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