No. We assume that when you arrive, you have no umpiring knowledge or experience. Regardless of your experience level, we start everyone from the basics on the first day. Often times, extensive experience can lead to established bad habits that must be broken first. With limited, or no, experience, you will not have these bad habits to break before learning the "Wendelstedt Way".

Our class size varies from year to year. Though our class size usually remains around 100 students, we will not know our class size until January 2 because some enrolled students are unable to report for various reasons, and some students register the last couple of days before the start of school.

The ratio varies based on class size, however, we have 31 staff members, 14 of them Major League umpires. We usually have about 100 students attend every year.

We are provided with the number of placements available on the first of February. This number usually ranges between 25 and 35, and we also send an additional 10 on a reserve list. These students are selected throughout the year as positions become available due to injury and retirements.

You must be at least 18 years old to attend umpire school. Our job is to provide professional baseball with the best possible candidates for placement into professional baseball. When you leave our school, you leave with our label. We place the the best students, regardless of age, gender, race, or any other factors. We strive to keep the our reputation of providing the best possible product on the field. If you are a top student, we want you to represent the Wendelstedt School.

Though all of the professional umpire programs will offer you the same material as mandated by professional baseball, our school offers you the best opportunity to excel in baseball through our unique presentation and exclusive teaching methods. One of the most important of these is through the use of live games, played by high school and college teams. We are the only program that provides you with this opportunity. And since your placement at the PBUC placement camp is determined solely on your performance during live games, this provides our students with a head-start to real game situations. The results are proved through our wonderful success over the years.
Our school also provides an excellent facility, great location, more experienced staff, and most importantly; better results!
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