Woodstock Cal Ripken Majors - Strike Zone Clinics

Happy New Year!!

Hey 9-12 baseballers!!  It’s not too early to think about spring training!! We are super excited to offer 2 clinic sessions for 9-12 year olds on Sunday January 29 at 2-4 pm and Sunday February 26 at 2-4 PM both open to all 9-12 year old Cal Ripken players.  Clinics will be first come, first serve.  Session one will be a hitting clinic with focus on hitting.  Session two will likely focus on pitching/catching.  We will have coaches from the Strike Zone work with the kids in groups of 5.  We have a max group size of 15 so please sign up right away.  Cost of the clinics will be $35 for a 2 hour session.  If you book both days, we’ll offer a $10 discount and both sessions will cost $60.

This year the 11 and 12 year olds (Major players) will be playing on fields with basepaths at 70 feet and pitching distances at 50 feet.  This is new to the older kids—and it’s real baseball rules with stealing, leading, pick off attempts and holding runners on.  It’s a whole new era of play for the older so we will be incorporating some of those skills at the clinics.   If you are super into baseball, stay tuned as we will be having some indoor gym time to throw around and hit balls into the net or hit around some weighted balls either at the high school gym or Prosper Valley on Sunday afternoons in January and February as well.  And it’s probably not too early to talk about a Skills Day like we had last year, for all ages, tentatively on Saturday March 25th.

We will have more announcements and details as we get closer over the next few weeks.   I know the kids are locked into winter sports right now, but allocating a few hours of baseball will be a good change of pace, playing indoors at the Strike Zone in Essex is super exciting and a great opportunity for the Woodstock program.

Thanks and Happy New Year!!