The Umpire School supports NASO Summit for the 3rd consecutive year

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THE UMPIRE SCHOOL SUPPORTS NASO SUMMIT FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

August 27,2013 -- Grand Rapids, Mich.

For the third year in a row, The Umpire School was a sponsoring organization for the NASO Sports Officiating Summit, the largest gathering of sports officials in the country.

The 2013 Summit was held at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids and was attended by more than 450 officials and officiating leaders at all levels, from amateur to high school to college to professional. Justin Klemm, the executive director for The Umpire School, and Darren Spagnardi, the school’s field leader, led the breakout session on baseball umpiring, doing a presentation on handling situations and game management techniques.

“Each year, we ask organizations that are influential in their respective sports to take the lead in presenting the Summit sport breakout sessions — the sessions that provide nuts-and-bolts officiating instruction to our attendees,†Mano said. "We have done it this way for the past five years and this past year, we had eight sessions at the 2013 Summit in Grand Rapids. Having The Umpire School on board for the third consecutive year made the baseball breakout session a highlight of the Summit for officials. We received a lot of positive feedback on that session from those who were in the room.â€

Klemm said the Summit has provided his leadership team with ideas and knowledge that helps The Umpire School and the Professional Baseball Umpire Corporation become even better organizations.

“The communication and continuity between the message at the Summit and what we are doing has never been higher,†he said. “It validates our organizational philosophy and ultimately gives The Umpire School and PBUC additional resources to provide MiLB/MLB a higher quality, more complete prospect to utilize.â€

The theme for the 2013 Summit was “Game Assignments: Right People. Right Place. The Right Way.â€

“The program has been lauded by many attendees as one of our best,†Mano said. “We were able to explore the topic of game assignments in depth, but we also covered several hot topics in officiating, including the player safety mandate and the media's involvement in officiating. The Summit's continued growth and reach into all levels of officiating is possible only because of the support of The Umpire School and our other support organizations.â€

The 2013 Summit featured a total of 70 support organizations. “The Summit is the ‘industry event of the year’ for officiating,†Mano said. “To be able to count The Umpire School among the 70 support organizations is a testimony to the what the event has become.â€

The 2014 Summit will be held in Albuquerque, N.M. starting July 27.

[mstaylor]

It is good to see TUS supporting NASO. I have never attended the Summit because it coincides with a huge festival that I run every year. I really would like to make it one year.  

[mjr_2013]

I went for the Officiate Michigan Day the day before and met some of TUS staff, including Justin Klemm, who was there in a clinic they put on. Good, knowledgable people... It was interesting to hear them talk about what they look for in advancement of their umpires.

 

I couldn't make the Summit, but I did win a NASO polo shirt in a contest!

[mstaylor]

Darren trained me at a yearly clinic when he was still in AA. He was there along with some other excellent instructors that were current AA and AAA umpires. Many taught at the pro schools, became evaluaters for college conference and other jobs in pro baseball. Let's say I got some excellent training coming up.  

[Radwaste50]

Hope to see some of you in Albuquerque next year