More scrimmages will be scheduled. There won’t be a lot of warning about when and where these will happen so pay attention to your e-mails. Also A and T-Tier are also asked to help out with training the C-Tier and Apprentice umpires. They will be on the field all day today at Eastside Catholic. Contact Brian Sweet to see how you can help.
Scrimmages have been canceled because we couldn’t find any teams practicing in this weather. Better luck next time.
Once again we will be on the field but back in the batting cages learning the basics of plate mechanics. Calling Balls and Strikes is the core job we do and we all can use practice. Bring your protective gear if you have it (at least a mask) but, most likely we will not be seeing live pitches here just soft-toss balls (unless we can come up with a pitching machine or two).
We will try to provide a lunch between the two sessions but talk to your instructors to make sure.
This is the start to a full day on the field. Bring uniforms if you have them but whatever you do, make sure you dress warmly enough to spend the whole day outside.
Another online gathering
Subjects to include:
Obstruction/Interference (4 videos and discussion)
“We’ve all been there”
Game Management Techniques
* Non HS (how to handle summer ball, …)
* HS tools (how to leverage warnings, benching, …)
Handling / Working w/Coaches (griping, chirping)
Ejections
This will be another online class
Subjects will include:
HS/MLB rules difference
Appeals
Getting/giving help to your partner
This will be another online class
Subjects include:
MLB Rules: Pitcher Rules
HS Rules (15-20 diff) PPT
Keys to umpiring baseball
How to work with your Partner
How to work with players
* Catcher Report
More scrimmages available for upper Tier umpires.
Scrimmages have been canceled because we couldn’t find any teams practicing in this weather. Better luck next time.
This is the first day of scrimmages. Upper tier umpires will be given opportunities to work with real time play as teams practice for the upcoming season. They can also satisfy some training requirements by assisting with the field mechanics training for the Apprentice and C-Tier umpires. Times for practice games won’t be known much in advance so stay in touch. More on this later.
Scrimmages have been canceled because we couldn’t find any teams practicing in this weather. Better luck next time.
For the Apprentices, this will be an introduction to Field Mechanics (i.e. the physical acts of umpiring) We will be meeting on the baseball field and there might even be a lunch provided before we start (talk to Brian). Dress appropriately. Weather conditions could be pretty bad but we’ll likely be out there no matter what. We also generally bring out the surplus/donated gear so this is a great time for the rookies to pick up free equipment.
This will be a class held in person in-doors.
Subjects to be covered include:
Obstruction/Interference