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See the entire clinic schedule
for 2008 in calendar format.
Our Hitting Clinics will improve your
bat speed, increase your power and make you a consistent
hitter.
Our Pitching Clinics will improve your
velocity and accuracy while at the same time developing
an injury-resistant technique to protect your arm.
Our Catching Clinics will teach you
to optimize this complex, pivotal position to better
orchestrate overall team defense.
Our New Umpire Clinic will
teach those 14 and up the ins and outs (no pun intended!)
of how to officiate a baseball game.
Check Out BatSpeed’s Speed
and Agility Clinic!
Kinetic Connections, which specializes
in sport specific training, has joined forces with BatSpeed
to teach techniques for better speed, power and agility…the
cornerstones to success of any well-rounded athlete. |
Hitting Clinics |
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Clinics:
Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-8 |
Clinic:
High School |
| Hitting
a baseball is one of the most difficult skills
in all sports and, by extension, a difficult skill
to teach. Jason and Dan’s track records both as
instructors and players when it comes to hitting
cannot be easily duplicated. Be sure to check out
their bios. |
Clinic focus will be on techniques to:
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increase bat speed |
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improve the hips-and-hands sequence to increase
the power of the swing |
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develop "quicker hands" in order to get that
all important longer look at the ball and make
fewer mistakes |
Instruction is individually focused because every player
brings different skills to the complex combination of
requirements to hit a baseball. Each player will be given
individualized instruction to maximize their skill set.
Codes |
Instructor |
Grades |
Day |
Start Date |
End Date |
Time |
BBHC1 |
Acevedo |
3-5 |
Wed |
Oct. 15 |
Dec. 10 |
5:00-6:00pm |
BBHC2 |
Acevedo |
6-8 |
Wed |
Oct. 15 |
Dec. 10 |
6:15-7:15pm |
BBHC3 |
Esplin |
High School |
Wed |
Oct. 15 |
Dec. 10 |
7:30-8:30pm |
| Cost:
Members $210 Non-Members: $265 |
These 3 hitting
clinics meet once a week for 1 hour for 8 weeks.
No
clinics Thanksgiving week.
Max enrollment for
each clinic: 12
 Registration
Forms |
Pitching
Clinics |
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Clinics:
Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-8 |
Clinic:
High School |
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Lake Forest Police Baseball Clinic, one of the largest,
free baseball clinics in America, was founded by
Bob Zacher. Brad Naughton has worked closely with
Bob as one of the Clinic's organizers and coaches.
Both have years of private instruction experience
and promote techniques for arm care, strengthening
and maintenance. |
Bob’s two clinics are introductory in nature and will
cover a number of areas all designed to improve arm strength
and accuracy. Topics such as balance, starting point,
release, and throwing motion will be covered. Each child
will have their natural arm motion individually evaluated
to determine the best angle to promote accuracy.
Brad’s high school clinic works individually with each
player to:
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understand proper pitching mechanics |
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exercise command and control of pitches |
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develop a "3rd pitch"
(for example, a change-up) |
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increase velocity and measure that increase
with a radar gun |
The goal of this clinic is to elevate the player to be a complete pitcher;
that is one who has maximum command of his pitches in order to consistently
throw strikes.
Codes |
Instructor |
Grades |
Day |
Start
Date |
End
Date |
Time |
BBPC1 |
Zacher |
3-5 |
Thurs |
Oct.
16 |
Dec.
11 |
5:00-6:00pm |
BBPC2 |
Zacher |
6-8 |
Thurs |
Oct.
16 |
Dec.
11 |
6:15-7:15pm |
BBPC3 |
Naughton |
High
School |
Tues |
Oct.
14 |
Dec.
9 |
7:30-8:30pm |
| Cost:
Members $210 Non-Members: $265 |
These 3
pitching clinics meet once a week for 1 hour for
8 weeks.
No clinics Thanksgiving week.
Max enrollment for each clinic: 12
Registration
Forms |
Catching
Clinics |
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Meet
Your Instructors |
Scott
Czerniejewski |
Bill
Johnson |
Stan
"Stosh" Pestka |
| Scott,
Bill and Stosh have all spent many hours behind
the plate and know catching fundamentals in their
sleep, not to mention all of the position’s finer
points. Scott played the position in college on
a baseball scholarship. Bill just signed
for the current season as a catcher with the Windy
City ThunderBolts, a minor league baseball team
located in Crestwood, IL. And Stosh played the
position for three years as a semi-pro basis. |
Catcher is one of the most difficult, physically
demanding positions to play on the field. To master
this complex position, These clinics cover the following
fundamentals:
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conditioning
and stretching |
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framing the pitch |
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quick release |
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throwing to the bases |
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blocking |
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body, hand and arm
position |
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proper footwork and
balance |
In the high school clinic, these fundamentals are covered in greater depth.
Techniques for proper pitch location and calling pitches are added. As with
all of BatSpeed’s clinics, attention and instruction are always individualized.
Codes |
Instructor |
Grades |
Day |
Start
Date |
End
Date |
Time |
BBCC1 |
Czerniejewski,
Johnson and/or Pestka |
3-5 |
Mon |
Oct.
20 |
Dec.
12 |
5:00-6:00pm |
BBCC2 |
Czerniejewski,
Johnson and/or Pestka |
6-8 |
Mon |
Oct.
20 |
Dec.
12 |
6:15-7:15pm |
BBCC3 |
Czerniejewski,
Johnson and/or Pestka |
High
School |
Mon |
Oct.
20 |
Dec.
12 |
7:30-8:30pm |
| Cost: Members
$225 Non-Members: $280 |
These 3 catching clinics meet
once a week for 1 hour for 8 weeks.
Clinics
WILL BE HELD Monday of Thanksgiving week.
Max enrollment for each clinic: 12
Registration
Forms |
Youth
Umpire Clinic |
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Meet
Your Instructor |
Stan "Stosh" Pestka |
| Stosh has been
involved in baseball his entire life and is currently the Commissioner
of the Lake Bluff Baseball Association. He loves to play the game,
teach the game, and share his knowledge of how the game is enhanced
when it is properly officiated. |
This unique, 1½ hour "how to be a youth umpire"
clinic for ages 14 and up is a great way to promote involvement in the game
regardless of whether the individual is a player or non-player. It
also builds responsibility, maturity, communication skills and a genuine
knowledge of the game of baseball.
The first half of the clinic will be classroom-based
and concentrate on learning fundamental mechanics (i.e., the six basic calls
- ball, strike, etc.) and the body language used to communicate them. The
second half will give clinic participants the opportunity to physically practice
what has been learned and how to take the correct field position.
Each participant
will be given their own copy of the Baseball Rules
Book and the Baseball Case Book for 2008.
At the conclusion
of the clinic, BatSpeed will present each new umpire with a Certificate
of Completion that can be shown to local park districts who seek youth
umpires for either 1 or 2 man umpire systems. (Once youth umpires turn
17, they will be eligible to become a “patched” umpire by IHSA which is
the IL High School Association.)
Codes |
Instructor |
Ages |
Day |
Date |
Time |
BSU1 |
Pestka |
14
& Up |
Sat |
Nov.
1 |
10:00-11:30am |
BSU2 |
Pestka |
14
& Up |
Sat |
Nov.
1 |
11:30-1:00pm |
| Cost: $65.00 |
This clinic is offered
twice, once on Nov 1 and again on Nov 2.
Max enrollment for each clinic: 15
No special equipment is required.
Registration
Forms
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