Umpire Information
Questions for the Chief Umpire - Colin Scott, 425-877-0792.
Umpire Clinics for 2010 Season
- Umpire Training - Umpire 101
- Umpire Training - Umpire 201
- Umpire Training - Field Training
The District 9 Umpire Training is open to all leagues in District 9 and to all levels of umpires in the those leagues. If you have never umpired before or have only 1 or 2 years experience, you are welcome to start with our Umpire 101 course. Veteran Umpires are also encouraged to attend.
| Course | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umpire 101 | March 10th | 6pm to 9pm | Lake Washington School District Resource Center |
| Umpire 101 | March 26th | 6pm to 9pm | Lake Washington School District Resource Center |
The District 9 Umpire Training is open to all leagues in District 9 and to all levels of umpires in the those leagues. If you have three or more years of Umpire experience, you are welcome to attend our Umpire 201 course.
| Course | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umpire 201 | March 17th | 6pm to 9pm | Lake Washington School District Resource Center |
| Umpire 201 | March 19th | 6pm to 9pm | Lake Washington School District Resource Center |
| Umpire 201 | March 22nd | 6pm to 9pm | Lake Washington School District Resource Center |
| Umpire 201 | March 24th | 6pm to 9pm | Lake Washington School District Resource Center |
The District 9 Umpire Training is open to all leagues in District 9 and to all levels of umpires in the those leagues. All Umpires, old and new, are encouraged to attend the two days of Field Training.
| Course | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Training - Part 1 | March 20th | 9am to 4pm | Hartman Park |
| Field Training - Part 2 | March 21st | 10am to 3pm | Hartman Park |
- Umpire Rules
- Umpire List
- Useful Links
- District 9 http://www.washdist9.hispeed.com/
- Little League http://www.littleleague.org/
- Simplified rules written by District 9 Chief umpire consultant Stan Giles with additions by Bellevue National Little League web site.
- Bellevue National Little League Umpire site
- Test your skills at Interactive Baseball Rules Home Plate
Umpiring resources
A collection of links, documents and ideas you may find useful. Contributions welcome (links will open in a new browser window):- Useful Tips page : Little League Baseball's Umpire's page
- Little League Umpires Yahoo! group : Yahoo! discussion group with some interesting discussions (and strong opinions). Recommended for experienced Umpires.
- Official Baseball Rules FAQ : A good introduction to some of the basics of baseball rules. Again, Little League rules vary from OBR.
- Baseball Rules in Plain English , by Jim Booth. Veteran KALL Umpire Bruce Klouzal calls this "the best umpiring book I've managed to find." Available at Amazon.com.
- Umpire school rules instruction manual (RIM) prepared for the 2008 season, you will find this to be a very useful reference manual in plain English.
- SVNLL Umpire Rules
- Little League Baseball's umpires page : Tips, equipment information and more (follow links on left of page).
For the 2009 season every Crazy 8 (coach pitch), Minor, Coast, Major Baseball and Softball team must recruit at least two (2) volunteer Umpires and make sure they attend the league-sponsored training sessions, as detailed below. In addition, prior to officiating any SVNLL sanctioned games, all new and returning Umpires must be re-certified every year. In order to make our children's baseball experience a more positive one, and to allow parents to enjoy the games that their son or daughter is playing in, Umpires will ideally not be umpiring games for their own teams. SVNLL will schedule games such that Umpires can assist at games not in conflict with their own games. Any questions should be directed to the UIC (uic@svnll.org).
Requirements
All new Umpires must successfully complete both sessions of classroom work and the Basic Mechanics class.Returning Umpires must attend one classroom class and one mechanics class - preferably the second classroom session and the Advanced Mechanics class.
In order to Umpire any Little League game sanctioned by SVNLL all new or returning Umpires must satisfy the attendance requirements.
If any team has more than two volunteers, please have them all attend the training sessions. Applications will be available at that time.
It is our goal to make the Umpiring experience a positive one and to fully support all our Umpires. The UIC & Board for SVNLL is working with the District 9 Umpiring liaison to ensure that you have strong support from all levels of involvement.
If you have any questions or need further clarification, send an email to uic@svnll.org
Thank you,
Colin Scott -Umpire in Chief, SVNLL