WBSC Academy: Licensing Programme for Softball Umpires now available
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<p>The WBSC today released the Licensing Programme for Softball Umpires, available in English for all WBSC members via the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/organisation/development/academy" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WBSC Academy</span></strong></a> reserved area. </p>
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<p>Through the WBSC Level 1 Licensing Programme for Softball Umpires, users will receive an overview of the Official Softball Rules as well as the various umpire systems.</p>
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<p>The course is broken down into nine video lessons, which are briefly described below: </p>
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<p><strong>Lesson 1 - The Game</strong><strong>:</strong> It covers the requirements to have a legal game, how rules surrounding the scoring of runs, deciding on a winner Protests.</p>
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<p><strong>Lesson 2 – Playing Field & Equipment:</strong> It covers field dimensions and layout, special ground rules, legal equipment and uniforms.</p>
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<p><strong>Lesson 3 - Participants:</strong> It covers rules around all participants including players. coaches, umpires and scorers.</p>
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<p><strong>Lesson 4 - Pitching:</strong> It covers the requirements that need to be met for pitchers to pitch legally.</p>
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<p><strong>Lesson 5 - Batting and Base Running:</strong> It covers rules surrounding the on-deck batter, the batting order and batting requirements.</p>
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<p><strong>Lesson 6 – Batter, Batter-Runner & the Double Base</strong><strong>:</strong> It covers more rules on the batter and the batter-runner once the batter hits a fair or foul ball.</p>
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<p><strong>Lesson 7 – Runners, Running, Interference, Obstruction & Award of Bases:</strong> It covers what runners may or may not do while on/running the bases.</p>
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<p><strong>Lesson 8 – 3-Umpire System:</strong> It covers the basic responsibilities of the umpires in a 3-umpire system, including positioning and rotation on batted or thrown balls.</p>
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<p><strong>Lesson 9 – 4-Umpire System:</strong> It covers the basic responsibilities of the umpires in a 4-umpire system including positioning ad rotation on batted or thrown balls.</p>
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<p>For those seeking a WBSC Licence, this educational module is a mandatory step to receiving a Level 1 or 2 Licence and is a steppingstone to moving on to Level 3. In addition, other steps needed to receive a WBSC Licence include meeting the Fitness Protocols, passing an online Pre-Seminar Rule Quiz and attending an in-person evaluation session. </p>
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<p>The Spanish version of the course will be made available in the future.</p>
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<p>Last week the WBSC Academy unveiled the first <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/wbsc-academy-licensing-programme-for-softball-technical-commissioners-now-available" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Technical Commissioners (TCs) Licensing Programme for softball</span></strong></a>. </p>
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