Softball Summer Clinic
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Softball Summer Clinic
Ages 8-16
Date: July 22-25 (Fri Jun 26th rain date)
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION FOR BBSA MEMBERS ENDS 5/19/24
Time:
All Skills Session 9am – Noon
Pitching & Catching 12:30pm -3pm
All day (Both Session) 9am-3pm
Location:
PTAK Park, 100 Pocono Rd, Brookfield CT
Description:
· USA Elite Training offers two types of summer softball clinics for fastpitch softball players: Position Players Clinic and the Pitchers & Catcher Clinic.
· Each clinic is instructed by the USA Elite Training, LLC Softball Coaching Staff, which includes current and former college all- star players, and area high school and college coaches. The clinic instructor to student ratio will not exceed 1 to 8. The players will be broken up into skill and age group during each clinic session.
Complete Skills Clinic - The daily program will emphasize teaching the proper fundamental of the following skills of fastpitch softball: throwing, fielding, bunting, and hitting. In addition, fundamentals of each position such as double-plays, covering bases, cutoffs, etc. and defensive and offensive strategies will be covered. This program includes base running, sliding, and learning about game situations.
Pitchers & Catchers Clinic -Each day the pitchers and catchers will spend the first half of the clinic working on specific skills for their position. The last half of the clinic pitchers and catchers will work together.
Pitchers will learn the correct fundamentals of windmill pitching including how to grip and snap the 2 and 4 seam fastballs, drills to improve arm circle speed and mechanics, drills to improve balance and explosion in the pitching motion. The goal of clinic is to improve accuracy and speed. The beginning pitchers will work on Change-ups and the advance pitchers will work on spins for various pitches. All pitchers will work on fielding position, and how to set batters up. All pitcher speeds will be checked via radar gun.
The catcher skill work will include learning the proper stances, framing, throwing techniques, blocking, pick off plays, fielding bunts, passed balls and how to call a game.