January CCUA Update From Paul Rybarczyk
I hope everyone has had a great start to the New Year. Our annual CCUA Baseball Clinic is 2 weeks away and I want to relay some information about the day activities below. The Clinic will be held at Brother Rice High School located at 99th and Pulaski Avenue on February 11, 2024.
Registration will start at 8:30am in the Brother Rice Gym Foyer area, with the Clinic starting promptly at 9am.
We need to know if you are attending. All attendees will receive a FREE long sleeve CCUA shirt that you can wear under a jacket or IHSA shirt on the field. There is a link to a Google Form at the top of this page. I would like everyone to fill out this form - even if you are not attending. We need to have an accurate number of those attending along with a size preference for the t-shirt and color (either navy blue or black). All shirts will have the CCUA logo. Please fill out the the Google Form by this FRIDAY ...January 26th as we need to order the shirts so they will be available to us for the Clinic...
If you cannot click on the BLUE BUTTON at the top of this page... cut and paste into your browser.... https://forms.gle/ib7teLvZE7HsLfXi8
Here is the agenda for the clinic---Level 1 and Level 2 Together9 – 9:05 Welcome and Clinic Info -- (Rob Hacker)9:05 – 9:20 IHSA Information -- (Al Albert)9:25 – 9:45 Becoming the Umpire You Want to Be! (Brad Snyder)9:45 – 10:05 Rule Scenarios - Force Play/Slide Rule. Umpires Working Together, Fly Ball Mechanics (Mike Sliwinski)BREAK 10:05 -10:2010:20 – 10:40 Professionalism (Rob Hacker)10:40 – 11:00 New NFHS Rules/Points of Emphasis/ Last Years’ Rules (Drew Fowler)11:00 – 11:30 Panel Discussion (Lionel Kelley – Handling Situations/Head Coaches), Mike Albert (Umpire Growth within an Organization), and John Cyr (4th Out Situations)BREAK 11:30 – 11:45Paul Rybarczyk (Assignor) will talk with only CCUA officials currently assigned to varsity games this season during break. 11:45 – 12:15 Level 1 – 2 Man Mechanics IN CAFETERIA (Mike and Al Albert/Gil Martinez) Level 2 – 2 Man Mechanic Scenarios IN GYM (Rob Hacker/Pat Weber - Lead) 12:15 – 12:45 Level 1 – 1 Person Mechanics IN CAFETERIA (Gil Martinez) FOR NEW UMPIRES and 1st and 2nd Year CCUA Umps Level 1 – 2 Person Mechanics Questions IN CAFETERIA (Mike and Al Albert) FOR UMPIRES WANTING TO MOVE UP TO VARSITY Level 2 – 3 person Mechanics and Situational Play IN GYM (Mike Sliwinski, Pat Weber and John Cyr (Lead)) FOR EXPERIENCED UMPIRES (Varsity Umpires Working Regionals) 12:50 – 1:00 IHSA Clinic Credit (Al Albert and Rob Hacker)
It is important that you make it a priority to attend our clinic as a member of the CCUA. If you cannot attend, please make sure you get information about the new IHSA rules and points of emphasis.
Here are some open dates that are still available for the first month of the season...
3/15 at Notre Dame F/S3/18 at Providence JV Need 1 ump for a 2 man game3/19 at Notre Dame JV4/2 at Notre Dame JV4/8 at Aurora Central F/S , at Montini F/S and at Wheaton St. Francis F/S4/9 at Providence F/S Need 1 ump for a 2 man game4/11 at Aurora Central F/S and at IC Prep F/SAll of the above games are 4:30 starts 4/13 at Fenwick JV 11amPlease continue to check self assign for games ...4/13 Need one Varsity Ump 11am single....SITE TBA,,..Text me if you are available..708 446-2461
For those members who have yet to pay their dues for 2024...the last day to pay is the Clinic...I will be removing all umpires who have not paid their dues at that time from Arbiter.
Lastly, I received an email from the CCL about NOT assigning umpires who have not joined the IHSA for 2024 and are in good standing. There have been some CCL schools placed on probation because of utilizing non IHSA officials on their home contests. I always check the IHSA one month prior to the season to make sure umpires are registered, have completed the concussion section, and are in good standing to umpire baseball for the 2024 season. Please get this done. If you have any questions, contact the IHSA of why you are not cleared to umpire IHSA contests. It is just not about paying the registration fee to the IHSA...
There was alot to digest ....Please respond to the Google Form by this Friday so we can order the shirts...
We need to know if you are attending. All attendees will receive a FREE long sleeve CCUA shirt that you can wear under a jacket or IHSA shirt on the field. There is a link to a Google Form at the top of this page. I would like everyone to fill out this form - even if you are not attending. We need to have an accurate number of those attending along with a size preference for the t-shirt and color (either navy blue or black). All shirts will have the CCUA logo. Please fill out the the Google Form by this FRIDAY ...January 26th as we need to order the shirts so they will be available to us for the Clinic...
If you cannot click on the BLUE BUTTON at the top of this page... cut and paste into your browser.... https://forms.gle/ib7teLvZE7HsLfXi8
Here is the agenda for the clinic---Level 1 and Level 2 Together9 – 9:05 Welcome and Clinic Info -- (Rob Hacker)9:05 – 9:20 IHSA Information -- (Al Albert)9:25 – 9:45 Becoming the Umpire You Want to Be! (Brad Snyder)9:45 – 10:05 Rule Scenarios - Force Play/Slide Rule. Umpires Working Together, Fly Ball Mechanics (Mike Sliwinski)BREAK 10:05 -10:2010:20 – 10:40 Professionalism (Rob Hacker)10:40 – 11:00 New NFHS Rules/Points of Emphasis/ Last Years’ Rules (Drew Fowler)11:00 – 11:30 Panel Discussion (Lionel Kelley – Handling Situations/Head Coaches), Mike Albert (Umpire Growth within an Organization), and John Cyr (4th Out Situations)BREAK 11:30 – 11:45Paul Rybarczyk (Assignor) will talk with only CCUA officials currently assigned to varsity games this season during break. 11:45 – 12:15 Level 1 – 2 Man Mechanics IN CAFETERIA (Mike and Al Albert/Gil Martinez) Level 2 – 2 Man Mechanic Scenarios IN GYM (Rob Hacker/Pat Weber - Lead) 12:15 – 12:45 Level 1 – 1 Person Mechanics IN CAFETERIA (Gil Martinez) FOR NEW UMPIRES and 1st and 2nd Year CCUA Umps Level 1 – 2 Person Mechanics Questions IN CAFETERIA (Mike and Al Albert) FOR UMPIRES WANTING TO MOVE UP TO VARSITY Level 2 – 3 person Mechanics and Situational Play IN GYM (Mike Sliwinski, Pat Weber and John Cyr (Lead)) FOR EXPERIENCED UMPIRES (Varsity Umpires Working Regionals) 12:50 – 1:00 IHSA Clinic Credit (Al Albert and Rob Hacker)
It is important that you make it a priority to attend our clinic as a member of the CCUA. If you cannot attend, please make sure you get information about the new IHSA rules and points of emphasis.
Here are some open dates that are still available for the first month of the season...
3/15 at Notre Dame F/S3/18 at Providence JV Need 1 ump for a 2 man game3/19 at Notre Dame JV4/2 at Notre Dame JV4/8 at Aurora Central F/S , at Montini F/S and at Wheaton St. Francis F/S4/9 at Providence F/S Need 1 ump for a 2 man game4/11 at Aurora Central F/S and at IC Prep F/SAll of the above games are 4:30 starts 4/13 at Fenwick JV 11amPlease continue to check self assign for games ...4/13 Need one Varsity Ump 11am single....SITE TBA,,..Text me if you are available..708 446-2461
For those members who have yet to pay their dues for 2024...the last day to pay is the Clinic...I will be removing all umpires who have not paid their dues at that time from Arbiter.
Lastly, I received an email from the CCL about NOT assigning umpires who have not joined the IHSA for 2024 and are in good standing. There have been some CCL schools placed on probation because of utilizing non IHSA officials on their home contests. I always check the IHSA one month prior to the season to make sure umpires are registered, have completed the concussion section, and are in good standing to umpire baseball for the 2024 season. Please get this done. If you have any questions, contact the IHSA of why you are not cleared to umpire IHSA contests. It is just not about paying the registration fee to the IHSA...
There was alot to digest ....Please respond to the Google Form by this Friday so we can order the shirts...