ATTENTION NOVA SCOTIANS! Baseball NS along with BNSUD will be offereing a "FREE" umpire clinic to any female within NS. The clinic will be offered on May 8th from 9am-5pm at the Hammonds Plains Fire Hall, which is located off the Hammonds Plains Road. It will be taught by international umpire Lisa Turbitt. You can pre-register by emailing Holly.Lapierre@bellaliant.ca.

For the ultimate umpire training experience, umpire school is held in Florida every January. There are two schools, the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School and the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring. The website for each school may also provide information about shorter (week-long or weekend) umpire clinics.

Major League Baseball puts on week-long MLBUC umpire camps. Scholarships to the camp are available based on financial need (send them an e-mail for more information), and each year eight scholarships to umpire school are awarded to camp participants. If you can't attend, MLB also sells the Virtual Umpire Camp DVD, developed in conjunction with PBUC.

Umpire.org has an extensive listing of upcoming clinics.