Officiating

Program Overview

Program designed to prepare officials to step onto the diamond with confidence. 

Six-week course on Saturdays from 9 am to 11 am.

Learning Outcomes:

• Introduce the fundamentals of umpiring baseball/softball by anchoring them to core concepts in the rulebook. 
• Addresses the most important definitions, rules, and mechanics students need to take into becoming a baseball/softball umpire.
• Recognize and define key terms used in the act of playing baseball/softball, like pitching, catching, batting, and base running.
• Express the ways that games are organized into competition, including balls, strikes, outs, and innings.
• List the steps and considerations an umpire must take to start a game.
• Recognize legal and illegal actions by the pitcher in various positions.
• Differentiate between legal and illegal actions of coaches during a game.
• List and explain the ways in which a batter can be called out.
• Describe the positioning and areas of coverage responsibilities for the plate and base umpires.

Program Overview

Designed to prepare officials to step onto the gridiron with confidence. 

Learning outcomes:

• Describe the difference between Team A and Team B and the offense and defense
• Contrast the situations that cause the game clock to restart on the snap with those that cause the game clock to restart on the ready-for-play
• Determine when an offensive formation is legal or illegal
• Describe the situations that lead to the scoring of a touchdown
• Describe when it is legal for a player to hand the ball forward to a teammate
• Recognize the type of dead-ball actions that would cause the officials to prevent the dead ball from becoming live