USA Softball has released its rulebook online for download/printing. Please visit the following link to obtain.
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Softball/Umpires/Official-Rulebook
This year due to restrictions and availability of classrooms we have designed the LASB and the San Diego clinics for Slow Pitch rules sessions.
| What | Status/Date |
|---|---|
| 2022 Safe Sport Training | Currently Open |
| $65 Registration Fee | December 9, 2021, through December 19, 2021 |
| West Annual Umpires Clinic Olive Recreation Center 1111 W Olive Ave, Burbank, CA 91506 | December 18, 2021 |
| LASB Annual Umpire Clinic, including Slow Pitch Minnie Gant Elementary School 1854 Britton Drive Long Beach, CA 90815 | December 19, 2021 |
| $75 Registration Fee | December 19, 2021, through January 31, 2022 |
| Umpire Test System Opens | January 3, 2022 |
| East Annual Umpire Clinic, location TBD | Either January 15 or January 16, 2022 |
| San Diego Annual Umpire Clinic, , including Slow Pitch Palomar College 1140 W Mission Rd, San Marcos, CA 92069 | January 30, 2022 |
| $85 Registration Fee | February 1, 2022 |
| Umpire Test Due | March 1, 2022 |
| Umpire Test Citations Due | March 15, 2022 |
| What | Status/Date |
|---|---|
| Registration | 7:30 am to 8:30 am |
| Umpire Clinic | 8:30 am to 4:55 pm, with a 45-minute lunch break |
| Closing | 4:55 pm to 5:30 pm |
Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Mark Korras
Umpire Development - UIC
Western District - UIC
USA Softball of Southern California
www.usasoftballsocal.com
(213) 400-6017
mkorras@usasoftballsocal.com
With a heavy heart, we share the passing of USA Softball, Central District Commissioner, John Felicetti.
John dedicated his life to volunteerism, to the sport of softball, and to our daughters. We thank you for the many opportunities you helped give our daughters.
We will miss seeing you at all the SoCal USA Softball events. 
LA Coastline Umpires engaged in its first 'Round-Table' instructed by our Instructional Chair, Danny Winders, in months. What was unique about this particular session is that it was done completely online! We ended up having a max of 21 people at one point, and averaged about 17 throughout the meeting. For a first attempt, we'll deem this a success! Especially since most of our Round-Table sessions we've had in the past normally only host ~10 people in a normal session.
In that we would have preferred to meet face-to-face, with our current environmental situation, this was a great way to still have face-time, even though it was virtual. We had some good discussion, a visit by our USA Softball staff association member(James Walker III), and our glorious former President and co-founder, Debbie Lauderback.
Some documents have been attached that pertained to a our topic discussion surrounding USA Softball returning to play and the 'required' USA Softball waiver. Please feel free to read the return to play to have some expectations of getting back on the field. The USA Softball waiver document will be required to participate in any USA events going forward. LA Coastline Umpires Association might also follow suit by issuing its own waiver for working league games that are assigned by our unit along with any specific 'league' requirements for working at said leagues.
Every year during the yearly certification clinics, USA Softball of SoCal awards umpires with accolades about their performance throughout the year. It can consist of either a district umpire of the year award or for SoCal as a whole, umpire of the year. We've been lucky enough to have a few of our umpires honored in the last few years.
Visit the USA Softball of SoCal website to see if anyone you know has been awarded.
A brief meeting was held with members of LACUA and James Walker, LA/Southbay UIC for USA Softball.
Unfortunately, the meeting was cut short due to technical issues when it was setup originally by Noel, but future meetings will hopefully not have this same issue. Regardless, the core of the meeting should give an idea of the coming future of the leagues we serve and the directive from USA Softball.