Coach Development and Clinics

Date:
Friday April 20, 2012

Location:
Canterbury High School Gym - 900 Canterbury Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1G 3A7 ( map )

Time:
5:45 PM Registration, 6:00 PM Start, 10:00 PM Completion

A Message from Al Herback (LL National Coach) regarding this clinic for Junior coaches:

The following will be the areas covered throughout the 4 hour session. These skills will all be covered in depth at the clinic, but will only be listed for the benefit of you and the coaches and managers who will attend.

• Warm-up.
• Review of hitting, and the introduction of advanced throwing and catching.
• Ground balls to the backhand and forehand.
• Safety and steal lead-offs, returning to a bag on possible pick-off.
• Pitcher set position and balk situations, pitcher pick-offs to 1st, 2nd and 3rd base along with pitcher coverage situations.
• Double plays from 2nd base and shortstop including feeds and footwork.
• Push and drag bunts.
• Infielders 1-2-3 and 4 positions on different situations along with runner responsibilities after scoring.
• I will spend limited time with various pitches.

As the above was normally an 8 hour program, I will do my very best to complete, but thoroughly, as much as possible. The majority of the information will be either in the Playing the Game manual as well as in the Additional Innings programs of Little League Canada. These will both be available at the clinic for purchase if needed.

Thank you so much for offering this to your coaches and managers. It will also be a great session for any interested coaches from the majors and down who may at one point want to coach in the Junior program.

Date:
Saturday April 21, 2012

Location:
Arch Street Public School - 2129 Arch Street, Ottawa, K1G 2H5 ( map )

Details:
Fri Apr 20 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM: Juniors coaches;
Sat Apr 21 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM: Coach Pitch coaches;
Sat Apr 21 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM: Minors and Majors coaches

Bring gloves, as this becomes interactive (and fun!). And bring some cash as you might end up being interested in purchasing additional training materials. Instead of an admission fee, organizers Bill Magnus and Jim Dean are looking for a Food bank Donation instead.

If you wish to register, please send an email to Carl Suri. This is a free clinic organized by Little League and SOLL provides participants with a coaching instruction book. Feedback received from our coaches who attend this clinic is outstanding. We strongly encourage all coaches to sign up, especially those who are new to coaching baseball.

This is a nationally recognized coaching certification program which is highly recommended by South Ottawa Little League. You can learn more about this program at nccp.baseball.ca.

This year´s clinics will be held at the former Confederation High School building next to the Nepean Sportsplex, at Hunt Club and Woodroffe.

East Nepean Little League is hosting 3 NCCP clinics of different levels, pending registration at each.

• Fri-Sat April 15th-16th - NCCP Regional Coach ("Level 2") - $170.00
• Sat May 7th - NCCP Provincial Coach ("Level 3") - $120.00
• Fri May 28th - NCCP Initiation Clinic ("Level 1") - $87.50

South Ottawa Little League will reimburse its coaches for successful completion of NCCP training.

To learn more about program hours, content details and for registration information please go to: 2011 Coaching Certification.