What We Offer You

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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.

• 12 Major League instructors. We are the only school with current Major League umpires on staff.

• Our staff is comprised of many current veterans of World Series, All-Star Games, and playoffs. We also employ a staff of Minor League umpires that are surging through the ranks. They are made up from all levels from Rookie Ball through Triple-A. Each level is represented equally. Other schools provide you with no current Major League Umpires, and a limited number of instructors from the middle-to-high levels of the Minor Leagues. Their staff is made up of a majority of first year instructors. No one can match the experience of our staff.

• The most successful umpire training program in history. In recent history, though we’ve sent the same number of students to the evaluations course, our Wendelstedt trained students have consistently received more and higher placements in professional baseball out of PBUC than other schools. We don’t just train you to get jobs in the Minor Leagues though, we train you for jobs in the Big Leagues. We have produced more Major League Umpires than any of the other schools, combined!

• Recently renovated training facility, owned by the operator.

• 300 hours of supervised training.

• Training packet, Rule Book, School T-Shirts, and fitted umpire combo hats.

  • Also provided to the students is all necessary equipment to umpire a game: Brush and Indicators, Chest Protectors, Shin guards, etc.

• Our cage instruction is tops. The class is put through the cages on a constant basis, and their work is reviewed.

• The most extensive and comprehensive instruction. Besides the one of a kind, detailed classroom instruction, we also work hard at the fields in control games to give you every possible scenario that might arise. We are also the only school that provides you with college and high school teams, playing actual games, to better prepare you for professional baseball.

• We provide students with a school store, open daily, which provides them with great discounts through the Gerry Davis Equipment Co., run by former Wendelstedt student and instructor, and current Major League crew chief, Gerry Davis.

• A great breakfast, lunch, and dinner program. We provide a variety of meals, everyday. Students have several options for each day. Check Out our sample menu to see more examples. Our meal package, including ALL THREE MEALS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, is a comparable in cost to the other school’s meal package of just breakfast and dinner from Monday to Saturday.

• Graduation banquet provided at no additional costs. At this event, students are always entertained by a professional singer and a guest speaker. It is at this time that we present our #1, #2, and Top Returning Student Awards. Along with several other student and staff awards, we also present our annual Major League Umpire of the Year Award to a special Major League Umpire guest, voted on by Major League Umpires.

• Hotel accommodations at the La Playa Inn and Resort, located on Daytona Beach. This newly renovated facility includes ocean front views, heated indoor pool, outdoor pool, spacious rooms with full kitchens (including full size refrigerators, oven, stove, and microwave), and Wi-Fi internet access.