Youth Umpire Opportunities

Opportunities Start Opening Day 2026 (April 2026)

• Must be at least 13 years old.
• Training and Uniforms Provided (Training will be held late March/early April – more details to follow).
• Games typically either 6PM or 8 PM on weeknights.
• All games at Cranberry Township Community Park (111 Ernie Mashuda Drive, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066)
• Youth umpires will work bases for both Mustang (9-10 years old) or Bronco (11-12 years old) in-house games and be accompanied with a Certified adult umpire behind the plate.
• Youth umpires will receive $20 per game.
  

If interested, please complete the following waiver svbsa umpire waiver.docx.pdf.

Contact [email protected] for more information.

Umpire Opportunities

The SVBSA employs youth and adult umpires for their in-house baseball programs in Mustang and Bronco leagues.  In order to be eligible to umpire, a youth must be 13 years old prior to May 1st of the season. Youth umpires are assigned to umpire bases in the Mustang 9/10 and Bronco 11/12 games.

Older baseball leagues (Pony, Colt, etc.) are umpired by an outside umpire chapter comprised of adults.  The SVBSA umpire program does not participate in these age groups.  All softball games are umpired by an outside umpire association.  The SVBSA umpire program does not participate in softball umpiring.

Umpire Clinics

All umpires are required to attend an annual umpire clinic in order to be eligible to be scheduled to umpire Mustang and Bronco baseball games.

We strongly encourage all Mustang and Bronco managers, especially first-time managers at this level, to attend an umpire clinic. It’s a great opportunity to review the rules and ensure managers and umpires are aligned as partners in teaching and developing our players.

About the Clinics

The clinics are two and a half hours of instruction on umpiring a baseball game. Topics covered include:

• Role of the umpire, the manager and the parents in youth baseball
• Rules of baseball, PONY rules of baseball and SVBSA changes
• Responsibilities and behavior of an umpire
• Mechanics of umpiring a game

You must bring the following things to the clinic. No copies will be provided at the training:

• A signed SVBSA Waiver Form that permits you to umpire in SVBSA.
• A copy of the SVBSA Umpire Clinic Handout.  This covers the rules of baseball and is used during the training session.
• A copy of the SVBSA Umpire Positioning Document.  This covers where umpires need to stand on the field during a game based on age group and game scenario and is used during the training session.
• A copy of the SVBSA Umpire Manual.  This covers the umpire process (game scheduling, payment, interacting with managers, etc.) and is used during the training session.