For
further info
or for a
Brochure
call:
(732) 528-5392
email:
bethebest
@bytheshore.com
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Thursday Night Thunder
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There is no better way to get the annual “Be
the Best You Are’’ clinic going than this amazing night of softball talk.
For 10 years now the clinic has begun with these informative sessions that
include eight discussions over a two-hour period with eight different
speakers, each talking on a specific subject.
The 50-minute sessions on Thursday night serve as a great preamble
to what lies ahead at the “Be the Best You Are’’ softball clinic. We’ve
never had a better reason for coaches to come early to the clinic than we
have this year at Thursday Night Thunder. Pitching gurus Michael White of
the USA National team and Cheri Kempf, the ESPN commentator and
international pitching star, go about the business of teaching young
pitchers the art of the trade with a look at fundamentals and drills to
increase speed. Karen Weekly, who quickly moved Tennessee up the charts as
a softball power, explains how to develop your speed game, and Kate Drohan,
who teams with twin sister Caryl at Northwestern, tells how to build a
perennial championship contender. Her sister explains some of the
fundamentals they teach to keep the titles coming.
Eugene Lenti of DePaul talks about developing footwork for your
infielders , Ken Ericksen of South Florida, shows you how to train your
catcher and Mark Lumley, the hitting coach for Baylor, gives you the ins
and outs of building a conditioning and weight lifting program. In the
end, it is a great beginning to building any program. |
The Ultimate Rap
Caryl Drohan
Northwestern
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Kate Drohan
Northwestern |
Patty Gasso
University Of Oklahoma |
Mark Lumley
Baylor University |
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“How To’’ books are everywhere. How to
lose weight, how to build a deck, how to afford retirement - the list
goes on and they are all on the bookshelves. But sometimes reading
“How To’’ isn’t anything like hearing the advice and seeing it in
action so you can teach it.
That is one of the ideas that led to the development of the
Ultimate Rap sessions. Trying to deal with problem players or their
parents? Want to teach hitting to the opposite field? Need help in
developing strategies to break up those extra inning games? The
information is yours for the asking at this year’s Ultimate Rap.
There is plenty more. Kate Drohan of Northwestern will show you
what to feed your players for pre game meals and her twin sister,
Caryl, tells you how to set up the cutoff play or the footwork drills
needed to improve your chances at turning the double play. Scott
Whitlock, the coach who has won more college games than anyone else,
explains how to keep your practices fun and to keep them within
two-hour limits. Ken Eriksen shows how to defend the speed game.
How to pitch? Who better to show you how to throw everything from the
change up to the drop than Cheri Kempf and Michael White, two pitchers
who have excelled on the national and international stage. Mark Lumley
has been teaching Baylor batters the art of hitting for the last five
years and they have become better at it than just about anyone in
college softball. He’ll show you how to teach the skill of going the
opposite way or hitting the inside pitch.
How to? If you’re at the Ultimate Rap, you’ll find out. Perhaps the
signature session of the “Be the Best You Are” clinics are our Friday
Ultimate Rap sessions. Coaches continually rank them as the most
significant aspect of their three days at the clinic. They tell us
that this is where the real grass roots of the game are examined,
improved, and taught. The 25-minute, no-bull sessions take interesting
topics, top speakers and interested coaches and combine them into a
celebration of the game. The speakers’ list includes Karen Weekly of
Tennessee, who shows how to build your team speed and take advantage
of that asset and of course Eugene Lenti of DePaul will show you how
to teach players to give that extra effort and dive for those line
drives. Patty Gasso of Oklahoma shows how to build team confidence
they way she has at Oklahoma where the Sooners have been a dominant
power since her arrival.
They will talk on 30 different topics that are essential to making
your program into the best it can be. When it is all said and done
you’ll know more about “How to’’ than you ever got from a book, that’s
for sure. |
A Note
from the Hawk's Nest
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You
might not notice right away, but there is a different look to this year’s
brochure cover and I thought I’d take a moment to reflect on Bill King,
the artist who has done the drawings for the last 30 years. Bill, a
legendary sports artist in Central Jersey, passed away last winter. He was
a marvelous man who had a great love and understanding of sports. I always
enjoyed my meetings with him, where we would discuss the topics for the
clinics and he would come up with innovative ideas on how to present the
subject manner in a way to catch the eye of coaches. I’m sure he is part
of the reason we have had so much success in drawing coaches to Cherry
Hill. We’ll miss him.
Another reason for the success has been Ralph Weekly who has
continued to line up top speakers for the clinic. He has brought us
another collection of world-class college and amateur softball performers
to explain the inner workings of the game.
Weekly never fails to come up with something different for our
coaches. This year I’m looking forward to the pitching sessions with Cheri
Kempf and Mike White. They are two of the best pitchers in the world. But
each goes about the business in a different way. Hearing them exchange
ideas on how to teach pitches, and how to prepare pitchers mentally and
physically should make for interesting discussion.
I know I am looking forward to this clinic, to be held at the
Crowne Plaza, because I am always amazed at the dedication of so many
coaches who want to make their programs better places for young players to
learn the game.
As long as you want us to bring out the best, we will. That’s a
promise. |
Clinic Features
• National Exhibitors •
Free Clinic Notes
• Reduced Room Rates • Free Parking
• The majority of speakers are available for informal discussions
• Most coaches have costs paid for by school boards
• Coaches Bulletin Board
NOTE: Treasury
regulation 1-162-5 permits income tax deduction (1) for educational expenses
(registration fees, costs of travel, meals and lodging) undertaken to maintain
or improve skills required in one’s employment or other trade or business, and
(2) to meet express requirements of an employer or law imposed as a condition to
retention of employment, job status or rate of compensation. The IRS recommends
you keep a daily log of expenses in accordance with this regulation.
DEAR COACH:
Please pass information about the clinics to youth
league coaches.
For further information or for a brochure
call: (732)528-5392 email: bethebest@bytheshore.com
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