Baseball Coaches Can Improve Skills At Clinic
Several well-known former major league players, some top local college coaches and a top high school coach are all speakers at the upcoming Sacramento Area Baseball Coaches Clinic on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012.
The event takes place at the Croatian Cultural Center, 3770 Auburn Blvd, Sacramento. The cost is $25 if registering before Jan. 11,2012. A few seats may be available the day of the event at $30 each. Click here to register.
Speakers will focus on ways to help coaches improve their teaching skills of essential baseball fundamentals. opics range from hitting and pitching to physical and mental training. Every speaker and presenter has ties to the Sacramento area.
Highlighting the clinic are presentations by former Major Leaguers Jerry Manual (a player and Manager of the Year), ex-pitcher Jim Barr, former catcher Matt Walbeck and ex-Giant outfielder Max Venable.
Manual is speaking on The Do s and Don ts of Coaching Youth Leaguers. Barr s topic is pitching, Walbeck will discuss the fine points of coaching catchers and Venable will cover hitting techniques.
Coaches play a vital part in this clinic, both as attendees and presenters. Among the coaches slated to participate are:
- Guy Anderson of Cordova High School, an event organizer
- Phil Swimley, formerly with UC Davis, head of the organizing committee
- Andy McKay with Sacramento City College speaking on Motivational Techniques for Coaches
- John Smith with Sacramento State College on Skill, Academic and Eligibility Requirements for Post-High School Competition.
In addition to these coaches and former players, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and consultant to the Oakland A s Kyle Yamashiro provides his tips for keeping players healthy with a focus on throwing techniques.
Clicking on the links for each speaker takes you to information about them.
To view a complete tentative schedule,
click here.
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Below are details of our "First" 2012 Seminar.
Croatian-American Cultural
Center
3770 Auburn Blvd.,
Sacramento, CA 95821
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Speaker Spotlight Mental Skills Separate Top Baseball Players: Andy McKay |
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What makes some top baseball players better
than other equally-gifted athletes? Their mental skills.
The clinic takes place at the Croatian-American Cultural Center, 3770 Auburn Blvd, Sacramento. The cost is $25 if registering before Jan. 1. Click here to register. McKay s talk will focus is not on the physical aspects of baseball, but the mental. Combining sports psychology and motivation, McKay said coaches need to prepare their players minds, not just their bodies, to succeed. As an athlete moves up
in the ranks it becomes tougher to distance yourself from
other players on physical ability alone, McKay said. The mental
game always separates one athlete from another. Mental skills, like physical ones, need to be developed over time. Coaches who attend the Sacramento Area Baseball Coaches Clinic will learn how to coach the mental game and implement it into their programs. This way players can incorporate the mental aspects as they develop their skills.
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OUR MISSION
The Sacramento Area Baseball Coaches Clinic is designed to provide youth and high school baseball coaches the opportunity to further their coaching knowledge.
