Aspiring umpires' paths start at Florida schools
About 250 students in Florida are donning chest protectors and masks to go with their dark shirts and gray pants on the fields of three umpire schools.
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It is the mission of Major League Baseball Umpire Camps to provide quality non-profit training for umpires at all levels. Not only will the demands of umpires' plate and field work be addressed, the attendee will receive: conditioning, nutritional, equipment and safety instruction to enhance his or her experience.
To work with and learn from some of umpiring's best.
The Major League Baseball Umpire Camps offer umpires at all levels the chance of a lifetime by providing the services and expertise from the best umpire evaluators in the world and current Major League Baseball umpires. In addition, Professional Minor League Baseball (PBUC) supervisors bring their expertise to round out this fantastic staff. Whether you want to improve your skills at the amateur level or you aspire to become a professional umpire, the 2012 Major League Baseball Umpire Camps offer everything you are looking for!
At the Major League Baseball Umpire Camps, you will improve your plate work, improve your positioning for plays on the bases and strengthen your situation management skills with state-of-the-art instruction at a state-of-the-art-facility built by Major League Baseball. Attendees will also receive conditioning, nutritional, equipment and safety instruction. If you take pride in your work as an umpire, make the modest investment to improve your umpiring resume. Thirty-two past attendees have been offered jobs in professional Minor League Baseball. The 2011 session has provided scholarships to nine top students to attend the professional umpire schools in January 2012.
This a great chance for umpires and prospective umpires to learn how the "Big Leagues" do it!
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