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Hi everyone.  I have been blessed to be mentored by some really good officials.  I started officiating when I was 12 and loved every minute of it.  I am a young official (still in college) but have hopes of doing college ball and maybe even one day going to a pro school.  Last year was my first year doing high school ball.  Not to sound overcompetent, but I am good.  There is always room for improvement, but I have been told by multiple people that I am one of the best umpires they have seen, especially for my age.  Now the assignor of my group has told me numerous times that I have natural abilities, and with some small tweaking I have the potential to reach my dreams (he is a retired D1 college umpire so I love his advice).  Now the problem that I have is a lot of the guys in the association are mad at me.  My first year I was doing Varsity baseball and was getting some of the best games we covered.  Many of my fellow officials have stated many times that it is not fair that they have been doing this way longer and are not getting the games that I got.  Some even went as far as to complain to our assignor that it was not fair the games I was getting.  Honestly, I have tried to fit into the group and some are very accepting (including the assignor), but there is still a large number that is mad at me for something that I cannot control.  I talked to our assignor and even asked if he could maybe mix things up a bit, but he told me not to worry about the others and that due to my abilities he was going to continue scheduling me on those games and not to worry about the others opinions as they are just jealous.  So what should I do to try and fit in better so that my fellow officials do not hate me?

 

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Accept your assignments with grace, work your azz off, be courteous and professional to all.   How others react to your progress is entirely up to them and utterly out of your control.

BRUMP
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first off welcome and i suggest registering and becoming a mentor here. I am a youth official to I'm 18 and have been umpiring since i was 12. this is one of if not the best resources for umpires onli

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I had this very same issue when I started.  A lot of people didn't like working high school or college games with an 18 year old, but I could work.  Then when I came back from Jim Evans, they really d

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Hi everyone.  I have been blessed to be mentored by some really good officials.  I started officiating when I was 12 and loved every minute of it.  I am a young official (still in college) but have hopes of doing college ball and maybe even one day going to a pro school.  Last year was my first year doing high school ball.  Not to sound overcompetent, but I am good.  There is always room for improvement, but I have been told by multiple people that I am one of the best umpires they have seen, especially for my age.  Now the assignor of my group has told me numerous times that I have natural abilities, and with some small tweaking I have the potential to reach my dreams (he is a retired D1 college umpire so I love his advice).  Now the problem that I have is a lot of the guys in the association are mad at me.  My first year I was doing Varsity baseball and was getting some of the best games we covered.  Many of my fellow officials have stated many times that it is not fair that they have been doing this way longer and are not getting the games that I got.  Some even went as far as to complain to our assignor that it was not fair the games I was getting.  Honestly, I have tried to fit into the group and some are very accepting (including the assignor), but there is still a large number that is mad at me for something that I cannot control.  I talked to our assignor and even asked if he could maybe mix things up a bit, but he told me not to worry about the others and that due to my abilities he was going to continue scheduling me on those games and not to worry about the others opinions as they are just jealous.  So what should I do to try and fit in better so that my fellow officials do not hate me?

 

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first off welcome and i suggest registering and becoming a mentor here. I am a youth official to I'm 18 and have been umpiring since i was 12. this is one of if not the best resources for umpires online. Now with regards to your question about fitting in, remember that the people bitching about you getting "premier" assignments are not those who will help your career. do your best to stick with the people who truly want to help you and who become proud of rather than jealous of your success. I've seen first hand older umpires complaining about younger umpires getting better assignments, and in my experience they're usually the same ones that update their uniforms and crack open their rule books once every 5 years so don't worry too much about it. it will be tough at times but its obvious your assignor is there to help you and develop you and thats most important

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Accept your assignments with grace, work your azz off, be courteous and professional to all.

 

How others react to your progress is entirely up to them and utterly out of your control.

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Accept your assignments with grace, work your azz off, be courteous and professional to all.

 

How others react to your progress is entirely up to them and utterly out of your control.

 

This is the BEST advice you will get on this situation.  Be humble, and work your A$$ off.

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Keep up the good work and don't let negative thinking derail your progress. We all know many umpires who have '1 year of experience repeated 20 times', and those are not the ones you should listen to at all. Take every game you are given and give them your best effort, whether they are top level varsity games or lower level youth ball. Be humble and helpful, and you will be just fine.

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I had this very same issue when I started.  A lot of people didn't like working high school or college games with an 18 year old, but I could work.  Then when I came back from Jim Evans, they really didn't want to work with me.  Just keep working your butt off and lead by example

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Don't go out of your way to kiss somebody's ass. "Be so good they can't ignore you" is my saying. If you're good, they'll discover you, but you do have to do your part to find the right situation. 

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