Introducing Umpire-Empire Clinics!

[mstaylor]

My sons would give me a fit when they were kids. Olympics would be on when they came down to go to school and I would be watching it. Now they are right with me. Simple explanation, horseshoes on ice with a little chess type strategy thrown in. Get the closest to the center circle and get the points. The part you aren't getting it the setting of blocks and the sweeping. The amount of sweeping slows it, speeds it up or curves it.

[JaxRolo]

My sons would give me a fit when they were kids. Olympics would be on when they came down to go to school and I would be watching it. Now they are right with me. Simple explanation, horseshoes on ice with a little chess type strategy thrown in. Get the closest to the center circle and get the points. The part you aren't getting it the setting of blocks and the sweeping. The amount of sweeping slows it, speeds it up or curves it.

TMI ! My head hurts!

[Umpire in Chief]

I've updated the page to include a basic itinerary and more information.

[mstaylor]

I am getting old, I was reading the things neede and it lists an eight gig memory stick for recording your cage work. I have VHS tapes of my cage work, CDs, now we are up to flash drives. :crybaby2:

[MidAmUmp]

I am getting old, I was reading the things neede and it lists an eight gig memory stick for recording your cage work. I have VHS tapes of my cage work, CDs, now we are up to flash drives.

Technology is an amazing thing. Who'd a thunk it. They make these $1,000 HD cameras now and the cameras that work best for an umpire clinic are the cheap $50 cameras you can get anywhere. They shoot decent footage, store to a flash drive, and play back on a laptop for instant feedback instead of having to wait until you get home to see what the instructors were talking about.

[mstaylor]

Oh, it's great, it just means I'm old.

[Jocko]

My sons would give me a fit when they were kids. Olympics would be on when they came down to go to school and I would be watching it. Now they are right with me. Simple explanation, horseshoes on ice with a little chess type strategy thrown in. Get the closest to the center circle and get the points. The part you aren't getting it the setting of blocks and the sweeping. The amount of sweeping slows it, speeds it up or curves it.

TMI ! My head hurts!

Head like that's supposed to hurt!

[Jocko]

nevermind. The link didn't work.

[JaxRolo]

So any of you Knuckleheads coming to Florida or are you to embarrassed that we will see how much you really suck? :stir

[BRUMP]

So any of you Knuckleheads coming to Florida or are you to embarrassed that we will see how much you really suck?

Or do you just really dislike Rolando?

[Jocko]

I'm gonna try. Not sure if travel funds will be available. Will cost me about $600 to attend.

Unless........................... Anyone have any frequent flyer miles you wanna donate?

[jmpnjmy]

Not doing FL but might try to get to APPY.

[yawetag]

I may be missing it, but has there been any other dates other than Florida? What the chances of getting an STL date?

[MidAmUmp]

Warren and I have been contacted about doing some clinics in other areas of the US. I don't think anything has been finalized yet, as most will involve games and local groups are waiting on date confirmations from the teams/tournaments. Most likely there won't be any additional clinics until at least late spring/early summer. Contact Warren if your area would like to host a clinic...he can give you the necessary details. ***Please talk to your area association(s) and make sure they are on board. We don't want to get into a situation where YOU feel YOUR area could host a clinic and then find out the local association isn't interested and won't offer any help. It would help to have some dates in mind when you contact Warren. Right now we are looking mostly at metro areas due to instructor travel...it's much easier to fly into a major airport than to coordinate pickup and travel 2-3 hours from an airport to a different location.

Also note: the instructors will vary from location to location. Some will be current/former professional umpires, NCAA Supervisors/Assignors, NCAA CWS/Super Regional/Regional umpires, NCAA D-I Conference umpires, and NCAA D-II post season umpires.