Umpiring resources

A collection of links, documents and ideas you may find useful. Contributions welcome (links will open in a new browser window):

• 2009 Volunteer Form To be used for background checks for ALL Little League Volunteers.

• 2009 Little League Softball and Baseball Rule Changes 

• 2009 Little League Umpire Registry Tools like the Fair Ball newsletter provide a network with which umpires can correspond and receive peer feedback.

• Little League Baseball's umpires page: Tips, equipment information and more (follow links on left of page).

• Little League Umpires Yahoo! group: Yahoo! discussion group with some interesting discussions (and strong opinions). Recommended for experienced umpires.

• Official Baseball Rules (OBR): From the official Major League Baseball site. Keep in mind that in some cases Little League rules vary from OBR.

• 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."

• Little League Umpires Instruction Manual From Little League International

• Questions and Answers from Little League Chief Umpires It's called STUMP THE UMP - See if they have your question -