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Dear Fellow
Umpire:
Thank you for checking out our website and for your interest in the Academy training
program. Our training is reaching students worldwide as we help launch professional
careers and take amateur umpiring to new levels. If you are serious about your
umpiring, I hope that you will study your training options carefully and contact
me personally if you have any questions. Without bragging or manipulating numbers,
you can rest assured that just as many, if not more, umpires affiliated with
this program are working in the Major Leagues and in the minor league system
as those from any other umpire training program in the world.
Everyone, regardless of age, gender,
or personal goals, receives the same personal attention and quality instruction
as our professional candidates. No one leaves the Academy a loser. If
you have professional ambitions, our training is designed to provide
you the best opportunity to secure a job in pro ball. Those students
not advancing to the next step, the Professional Baseball Umpire Corporation
Evaluation (PBUC) Course in March, return home with the tools and skills
which will accelerate their advancement in the amateur ranks.
As a professional educator and veteran
Major League umpire, I feel that I have an inherent obligation to make
you aware of the professional system and how you, as a student, might
fit into it: Your first step is to investigate both programs available
to you and then choose the training that better meets your personal needs.
My overall objective is to do everything I can to help you make that
monumental leap from amateur baseball to the professional game. That
gigantic transition is the most dramatic that you will encounter once
you are in the game. Moving from a Rookie League to Long A League, from
A ball to AA, from AA to AAA, and AAA to the Majors are all very important
steps in your career development; however, that monumental step from
where you are today to your first professional assignment is the most
significant. Helping you successfully make that transition is where the
Academy has excelled over the past 17 years.
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I personally take responsibility for
your training. Your training starts in the classroom where you will experience
daily lectures on the rules, responsibilities, and mechanics you will
need to implement on the field. All the knowledge you will be evaluated
on will be presented during your classroom and field training. Each subject
is introduced in lecture, demonstrated on-the-field, drilled, and then
integrated into game situations. I have secured the finest umpire training
facility available to enhance your experience. You will be training at
a Major League facility, the Osceola Sports Complex in Kissimmee, Florida,
which is the Spring Training headquarters for the Houston Astros. In
addition to my personal commitment, you will be working daily with the
former senior field supervisor of PBUC, Dick Nelson. Dick has taught
or supervised over 70% of the umpires working in the Major Leagues today.
Our staff is complemented by professional umpires who work in leagues
ranging from the Majors to the entry-level Rookie leagues. These are
people who possess exceptional communication skills and know exactly
what is required to be successful at the professional level. Their commitment
to your training success is unparalleled. In addition to me, they will
be working hands-on with you on-the-field and in-the-classroom each day.
Our student-instructor ratio never exceeds 8:1.
Please continue to check-out our website.
I think that you are going to discover that our training program exceeds
all expectations. I encourage you to compare us to any other program
in the world today. My goal is to help you maximize your potential...to
equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to succeed at the professional
level or the highest amateur level possible. Our graduates are proving
that the comprehensive, innovative training that the Academy offers really
does make a difference. I would like the opportunity to help make a difference
in YOUR umpiring future. Please get in touch if you have questions.
VISIT
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Sincerely,
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