In 2025, SBU will be conducting pre-season classroom based training meetings for new and veteran umpires on Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at West Valley High School, Room 1101, from January 16th through March 20th. Once weather permits we will also be conducting on-field training sessions, as well as cage sessions as we get closer to the opening of the High School baseball season. Those sessions will be announced via Arbiter. 

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The foundation for our trainings in 2025 will include Umpire Classroom's "Umpiring 101" which can be located at https://www.umpireclassroom.com/offers/R6RbbPM4. The cost for the online course is $25.00.  Even If you are able to make all the training meetings, it is highly recommended that you take this course since it has videos that cover topics that we don't have time to cover in our classroom trainings.​ For umpires new to the organization in 2025, the $25.00 for the course will be reimbursed if 1.) You submit the certification that you have completed the entire course, and 2.) Umpire a minimum of 20 games in 2025. 

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While our training sessions are primarily aimed to assist newer umpires, we do encourage all to attend as many of the training meetings as possible since that  will help keep everyone up-to-date with rule changes, this year's "Points of Emphasis", as well as getting to know and developing professional camaraderie with other umpires in the association. For a overview of the 2025 training meetings and their topics, you can download the SBU 2025 Training Meeting Overview.

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It is HIGHLY recommended that all umpires in our association subscribe to Umpire Classroom. By doing so you will receive weekly quizzes and videos on recent rule changes, as well as refresher videos and quizzes on all aspects of being an umpire. 

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