The TOP OF OHIO UMPIRES ASSOCIATION is an OHSAA certified association organized for the purpose of training and supporting baseball and fastpitch softball umpires to officiate Ohio high school sporting events. The members of the Top of Ohio Umpires Association are a group of like-minded individuals who take an interest in the development of our local athletes by becoming involved with their sporting activities.  We, as a group, enjoy the opportunity to take an active part in a sport that we really enjoy. While continually striving to improve our performance as an official and administrator of the game we love, we share a mutual desire to be the best role models to our student athletes on and off of the field.

Since OHSAA tournament time is upon us, many of our umpires will be working games using the 3 man umpiring system or possibly even the 4 man umpiring system, if assigned a state game at Akron. I thought I would post a couple 3-man & 4 man softball training videos for anyone to view and study. Enjoy.

3 Man Mechanics in another form

And here is a 4 man mechanics video
for those working upcoming state games.

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Top of Ohio Umpires Association Officers

J P Schulz,
President

Doug Stultz,
Vice-President

John Weller, 
Secretary/Treasurer
jsw91@columbus.rr.com

Doug Robinson,
Baseball Rules Interpreter
robinsondoug62@yahoo.com

Galen Harris,
Softball Rules Interpreter
pitchncatch@yahoo.com

Top of Ohio umpires: Please feel free to send in your action photos to be posted in this Association Photo Gallery. Send them to umpirephotos@topofohioumpires.org.