Wendelstedt Umpire School...online content?

[SeeingEyeDog]

Greetings all,

     Baseball is currently a game played on a field by human beings, coached by human beings and umpired by human beings. Players and coaches could never fully substitute their training in the analog world with that of the digital world and it's the same for umpiring. Wendelstedt offers all of their classroom content online which you can view as much as you like at your own pace for $500. Is there value in this? And if so, what is that value? What kind of bump could someone reasonably expect for that investment and completion of only the online course?

~Dawg

[The Man in Blue]

4 hours ago, SeeingEyeDog said:

What kind of bump could someone reasonably expect for that investment and completion of only the online course?

~Dawg

[Rover125]

Is this for when you sign up for class and can study ahead of time? I did not find any online content options on their website for purchase.

I am likely going to attend in January. For me, I think studying all of that ahead of time would be beneficial. $500 is probably a bit steep for online lesson plans, though. 

[SeeingEyeDog]

On 9/26/2023 at 7:48 AM, Rover125 said:

Is this for when you sign up for class and can study ahead of time? I did not find any online content options on their website for purchase.

I am likely going to attend in January. For me, I think studying all of that ahead of time would be beneficial. $500 is probably a bit steep for online lesson plans, though. 

I saw a video from 2 years ago on YT where they were doing an inside look at pro school. They had a brief interview with Hunter and he mentioned that all of their classroom content was available online at that price. If it's no longer available, I'm wondering if this was their COVID or post-COVID business plan to generate revenue when they couldn't hold the full school...

Good luck at pro school, Rover and let us know how it goes...

~Dawg