аЯрЁБс>ўџ 68ўџџџ5џџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџьЅСq` №ПbjbjqPqP .$::џџџџџџЄммммммм№4 4 4 4 H №+Жh h h h h C C C ЊЌЌЌЌЌЌ$сhIRамC C C C C аммh h лхa a a C мh мh Њa C Њa a "ммJh \ ређЧ4 Y а:Њћ0+B›) .›J›мJ`C C a C C C C C ааW C C C +C C C C №№№D4 №№№4 №№№ммммммџџџџ Information for Youth umpires- Fall 2007 Schedules: Games available for umpiring will be posted on the abyb.org website in the umpires corner section. You can volunteer for the slots marked OPEN in the Minor A section (and when you are more experienced for Majors games) Email or call me with the games you are available and I will confirm which games I have scheduled you for. The schedule is updated frequently with new/rescheduled games, so if you’re looking for more games, check the website frequently. I often have several cancellations on Friday evenings for weekend games. If I have several umpires volunteer for some games, I spread the games out evenly. Training: We hold field sessions in the Fall and Spring and rules review sessions in the Spring. You are only required to attend training once, but if you would like a refresher or would like to attend the rules sessions in the Spring, let me know. Rules updates: Local rules (to be used along with official Little League rules) are posted on the abyb.org website in the umpires corner section. Umpire fees: posted on the abyb.org website in the umpires corner section. Coaches are supposed to pay umpires cash at the before the game. -Usually newer umpires will be placed with more experienced umpires at first and the less experienced umpire should take the bases and the more experienced umpire take the plate. As newer umpires get more comfortable umpiring, they should let the other umpire know that they would like to try umpiring at the plate. I usually let the umpires decide together who will be at what position, but let me know if there are any problems with this. -If you can’t make a game you’ve been scheduled to umpire, call me as soon as possible so that I can try to find a substitute. If you trade umpiring with someone, let me know so that I know who to call if a game is cancelled/rescheduled. -If a game is cancelled, I will call you at least 1 hour before the game. If you haven’t heard from me by then, assume the game is on and go to the field. If you arrive there and the game has been cancelled without notification from the coaches, let me know, as you will still be paid for the game. -If you have any questions about rules/calls you made/umpiring, let me know I will forward them to our umpire trainers/rules interpreters and get back to you. Important points to remember: -Punctuality/Attendance- It is important to arrive at games 10 minutes before scheduled start time to prepare and get appropriate gear. It is also important to check the schedule and attend the games you are scheduled to umpire. Please call the umpire coordinator if you will be late or cannot make a game you are scheduled to umpire -Professionalism/mature behavior- Your behavior is important during the game. You are a role model for the younger players. You shouldn’t be chatting with friends on your cell phone when it is time to start an inning, or laying down on the field between pitches. -Uniform- You need to wear shoes, not flip flops or sandals. It is also important to wear a protective cup to avoid serious injury. We will be ordering umpire hats to identify you in the field during the game. It is also helpful (although not required) to wear a dark tshirt (navy or black). -Taking control of the game- This is very important and the most common suggestion that coaches make. You need to start the game on time, and keep it moving and not let time in between innings drag on. There will be times when calls are judgment calls and you need to go with what your judgment tells you at the time. Do not let a coach bully you into making a call that you don’t agree with. Coaches have said they would rather have you make a call you think is right and stick with it (even if it is against their team) than to change just because a coach tells you to. If a coach, player or parent badgers you, please let me know, as they should not be doing this. ABYB has sportsmanship guidelines that all those in the sport should adhere to, and a sportsmanship review committee that addresses when they are not adhered to. 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