The World's Most Successful Umpire School! Providing formal, supervised training for
students to qualify for umpire positions in professional,
college, high school, independent professional, and youth
baseball.
100% of
the Wendelstedt Graduates sent to PBUC were called for
placement in professional baseball, as well as our
entire school reserve list! We continue to receive more
jobs, and higher placements, than any other umpire
program available!
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Recognized and Approved Training Program for
Umpires by Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, the
Professional Baseball Umpire Corporation, and many Independent
Professional Leagues all over the country.
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A
Note From the Chief's Desk:
To My Fellow Umpire
and Potential Student:
I want to take a moment to thank you for your
interest in attending our school. We are the world’s most successful umpire
training program. We have prepared more umpires to move into professional
baseball, and more umpires to move into the Major Leagues, than all other
programs in history, combined! I am very happy to hear that you are
interested in becoming one of our next success stories. Whether your
aspirations in umpiring are to become a Big League umpire, or just to
improve your skills at the amateur level, our training program is designed
for you.
Our program was designed to accommodate students at every
experience level, and from every part of the world. We
employ comprehensive training methods, designed to
instruct and evaluate umpires in every area of umpiring. Students are put
through drills regularly in order to emphasize the proper mechanics and
positioning through repetition. Students are sent through the cages on a
constant basis in order to develop consistent and accurate strike zones. We
put our students through control situations, with an instructor holding the
bat, in order to set up specific plays and situations in every area of the
game. Our students will also participate in camp games, played and umpired
by the students. We are also the only
umpire training program that includes in their curriculum live games, played
by high school and college teams.
This not only offers the ability to evaluate
students in real game situations on the field, but also prepares them better
for the PBUC placement camp. This one week camp is held to determine the
league and level our students will begin their careers in. Here, students
are evaluated solely on the performance during live games. Offering students
the experience of live games during their training best prepares them for
gaining higher placement at the course. Our training methods aren’t the
only thing that sets us apart. Our staff is comprised of umpires from every
area of professional baseball. It is a staff that consists of both
experienced Major League umpires and umpires from every level of Minor
League Baseball. Because your first years in the game will be in the Minor
Leagues, it is important to have instructors who were recently in your
position. But because your ultimate goal is to reach the Major Leagues, we
also provide 12 full time Major League umpires on staff. They can offer you
the experience and instruction that a newer umpire cannot provide. No other
program can offer you the dedicated, experienced, and comprehensive staff
that I will provide. Again, I want to thank
you for the time you’ve taken to explore what our program has to offer you,
and look forward to providing you with an amazing experience at the
Wendelstedt Umpire School. If there is anything that I or my staff can help
you with, please do not hesitate to contact us.
