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Preview of New Training Material ... 90ft Field 2-Umpire Positioning (Mechanics) Manual
Submitted by swanny on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 8:30am.Here's a glimpse at future two (2) umpire system reference material ... See what you think ...
Reading Material ... How to Handle an Ejection
Submitted by swanny on Thu, 03/27/2008 - 10:53am.Review the following article prepared by our brother & sister sofball officials. Do they have ideas to help us work through ejections? Review it and see ...
By: Emily Alexander read more »
Reading Material ... The Base Umpire
Submitted by swanny on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 5:02pm.Brent McLaren reviews some tips for becoming a quality base umpire.
Reading Material ... Working The Bases More Effectively
Submitted by swanny on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 4:58pm.Joe Balberman gives some pointers concerning working the bases more effectively.
Reading Material ... Between Innings
Submitted by swanny on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 4:55pm.Richard Siegal discusses some tips about between inning habits.
Scientific American Frontiers: Baseball Tech
Submitted by swanny on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 9:13pm.Here's a video I found very interesting—video pitch tracking for umpire training and aluminum bat performance measurements. Go to this link to view: read more »
Reading Material ... Keep the Game Moving!
Submitted by swanny on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 3:51pm.By Richard B. Siegel: Many complain that games lack "tempo". See if there are any ideas in this article to help your games regain good "tempo" ...
Reading Material ... The "Thud" Principle
Submitted by swanny on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 3:40pm.By Dave Harris: How do umpires really judge plays? What is timing? How does sound help with timing behind the plate? How does sound help evaluate plays on the bases? read more »
Reading Material ... The Evolution Of Playing Rules
Submitted by swanny on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 10:44am.By: Joel Balberman ... The playing rules changed greatly during the formative years of baseball in the late 1800's and early to mid 1900's. We often think of them as static and not changing often. read more »
Reading Material ... The Privilege of Being an Umpire
Submitted by swanny on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 10:38am.By Joel Balberman ... It is a reflective & perspective piece about how privileged we are to be officials. Many things we take for granted and ocationally need to be reminded of are listed here.
