Saturday, September 13, 2014 |13:00 published at baseballeurope.com]
For the first time the Confederation of European Baseball has organised a clinic for their best umpires. 12 umpires participating in the Euro and five other high qualified umpires followed the clinic in Prague.
Major League Baseball sent Larry Young and the IBAF Gustavo Rodriguez as an instructor. They were assisted by Marco Screti (ITA).
In nine sessions of two hours the several parts of the 4-man mechanics, 3-man mechanics, rules and interpretations were handled on the field and in the classroom. Using video clips for getting the right result.
At the farewell diner, which was offered by Major League Baseball all the umpires received from CEB president Jan Esselman their certificate. Also the participants got a flash disc with a lot of information to use in their country. We see them as our ambassadors for the development of umpiring.
The participants were:
Heijningen, Henri van NED
Groningen Schinkel, Stenar NED
Moreno Saura, Jeronimo ESP
Machiedo, Frane CRO
Jankovic, Mojmir SVK
Fabrizi, Fabrizio ITA
Karlsson, Jerry SWE
Pribyl, Frantisek CZE
Kulhanek, David CZE
Filippi, Silvano ITA
Ramanauskas, Arnoldus LTU
Makouchetchev, Serge FRA
Non EC umpires
Berkvens, Winfried NED
Tscharf, Oswald AUT
Posny, Christian GER
Manea, Chris ROM
Richter, Vladimir CZE
CEB’s umpire director Paul Bokern and Ludo Peeters member of CEB’s Umpire Commission were very satisfied. Working with umpires three days before the Euro, three days of talking, thinking and discussing about baseball is a good preparation of this important event. We had a very enthusiastic group, great instructors and good weather. “What do we need more” was Paul’s comment.
