OKLAHOMA CITY — The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball announced today that 11 ASA/USA Softball National Umpire Schools, including an Advanced National Umpire School for fast pitch, will be held Dec. 2012 through June 2013. The schools will take place in 10 different states: California, Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas and Utah.
Each ASA National Umpire School is run by a team of National Umpire staff members, who serve as the clinicians. With a ratio of at least one clinician per 25-30 students, each participant will receive hands-on personal instruction on both fast pitch and slow pitch umpiring including base and plate mechanics. At the fast pitch Advanced Umpire School, instruction is focused on fast pitch only. The ratio is also one instructor per 10 students for the two Advanced Umpire Schools.
Registration fees for National Umpire Schools vary by location. To register for an upcoming National Umpire School or an Advanced Umpire School, please contact the school coordinator listed on the National Umpire School section of www.asasoftball.com. NOTE: Only certain schools are currently open for registration.
2012-13 ASA/USA Softball National Umpire Schools
December 7-9, 2012
Region 7
Killeen, Texas
February 1-3, 2013
Region 9
Zanesville, Ohio
February 15-17, 2013
Region 3
Aston, Pa.
February 22-24, 2013
Region 14
Clovis, Calif.
March 8-10, 2013
Region 2
Parsippany, N.J.
March 15-17, 2013
Region 10
Crawfordsville, Ind.
March 15-17, 2013
Region 15
Portland, Ore.
March 22-24, 2013
Region 6
Oklahoma City, Okla.
April 11-13, 2013
Region 13
Clinton, Utah
April 19-21, 2013
Region 11
Sioux Falls, S.D.
June 11-16, 2013
Region 14
Lancaster, Calif.
Fast Pitch Advanced Camp
About ASA
The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation’s largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 76 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 210,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.
About USA Softball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men’s, Women’s, Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’ National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of the only two women’s sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won nine World Championship titles including the last seven consecutive as well as claimed six World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/.
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