THE SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BASEBALL UMPIRES ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2027 CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL UMPIRE CANDIDATES
CLASSES FOR NEW CANDIDATES WILL BEGIN THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 13TH, WITH A SHORT BREAK FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AND RUNNING UNTIL MID FEBRUARY. ALL CLASSES WILL BE VIRTUAL ON MICROSOFT TEAMS. DATES AND TIMES ARE TO BE DECIDED BY THE INSTRUCTOR BASED ON CANDIDATE AVAILABILITY
EXAM DATE IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR ONE WEEK AFTER CLASSES CONCLUDE IN MID FEBRUARY, LOCATION AND TIME TBD
THE CLASSES WILL FOCUS ON PREPARING CANDIDATES TO TAKE THE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL EXAM AND WILL BE FOCUSED ON NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION (NFHS) RULES.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE CLASS, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL NEW CANDIDATES MECHANICS INSTRUCTION SESSIONS TO HELP PREPARE YOU FOR THE SEASON
LASTLY, THE NEW CANDIDATES SCRIMMAGE GAME: WHERE CANDIDATES TAKE THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH REAL TIME INSTRUCTION AND FEEDBACK FROM VETERAN UMPIRES. THIS SCRIMMAGE IS TBA AS IT DEPENDS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULE.
COST OF THE CLASS IS $125 AND INCLUDES A RULE BOOK, CASE BOOK, AND 1ST YEAR MEMBER DUES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED BY EMAILING DEREK MELLO, SMBUA RULES INTERPRETER, @ SOUTHEASTMAUMPIRES@YAHOO.COM ,TEXTING OR CALLING AT (401) 219-9839 OR VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
Check Out This Newspaper Article From 2014 Regarding Our Classes!