Anonymous
05/25/2026 21:19
Subject: Teen wants to start as an umpire for baseball
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just contact your local softball league, they are all almost always looking for umps. Start with 10U and watch some videos on the positioning. Umpires can be hard to find on weekends when there are big tournaments, so they'll hire anyone who is available.
Doesn't your rec league train the teens? Ours does, and they also pay $50 / game, which was about the going rate last I checked.
Our teens tend to be very busy, any given weekend they have conflicts, maybe other teens have nothing else going on.
Why the shot at kids working?
FWIW, our umpire training occurs during the week and a sport 5 days a week, umpires once a week
Anonymous
05/25/2026 11:57
Subject: Teen wants to start as an umpire for baseball
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just contact your local softball league, they are all almost always looking for umps. Start with 10U and watch some videos on the positioning. Umpires can be hard to find on weekends when there are big tournaments, so they'll hire anyone who is available.
Doesn't your rec league train the teens? Ours does, and they also pay $50 / game, which was about the going rate last I checked.
Our teens tend to be very busy, any given weekend they have conflicts, maybe other teens have nothing else going on.
My very busy teen learned to prioritize and say no to certain things. It's not going to end their "sports career" to miss 2 practices to get trained.
Anonymous
05/25/2026 09:57
Subject: Teen wants to start as an umpire for baseball
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just contact your local softball league, they are all almost always looking for umps. Start with 10U and watch some videos on the positioning. Umpires can be hard to find on weekends when there are big tournaments, so they'll hire anyone who is available.
Doesn't your rec league train the teens? Ours does, and they also pay $50 / game, which was about the going rate last I checked.
Our teens tend to be very busy, any given weekend they have conflicts, maybe other teens have nothing else going on.
Anonymous
05/25/2026 09:01
Subject: Teen wants to start as an umpire for baseball
Anonymous wrote:Just contact your local softball league, they are all almost always looking for umps. Start with 10U and watch some videos on the positioning. Umpires can be hard to find on weekends when there are big tournaments, so they'll hire anyone who is available.
Doesn't your rec league train the teens? Ours does, and they also pay $50 / game, which was about the going rate last I checked.