ASA announces USA Softball National Coaching School for November

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- The Amateur Softball Association, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, announced today the official date of the first USA Softball Coaching School presented by Liberty Mutual Group.  Hosted and locally sponsored by Maryland- D.C. and Piedmont ASA, the Coaching School will take place November 21-23 at the Mattapeake Elementary School in Kent Island, Md. 

The school will consist of first hand instruction from the 2008 U.S. Olympic softball team coaching staff and their daily preparation for international competition.   The school will be limited to only 250 coaches and cost is $175.00 before October 1 and $200.00 after.

Coach Mike Candrea will also host a ‘Hitting Clinic’ in conjunction with the coaching school.  The clinic will take place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. as Session #1 and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. for Session #2.  Each session will have a maximum of 64 students.  Once the clinic is filled there will be no walk-ins accepted.   Cost of the hitting clinic will be $200.00 per player for five hours of instruction.  Each participant will receive a clinic shirt, snacks and water. 

For more information, please contact Jack Hutcherson at jocommish@mddcasa.org.

Please see below for details and schedule for the clinic.   Also listed are hotel options for travelers.

Friday, November 21, 2008

7:00 PM            Opening Remarks € Ronnie Isham

Saturday, November 22, 2008

7:30 AM            Registration

Lunch will be served

5:00 PM           

Sunday, November 23, 2008

8:30 AM            Opening Remarks

11:30 AM          Closing Remarks

Hotel Information

Valid Through October 20, 2008.

Holiday Inn Express

1020 Kent Narrows Road

Grasonville, MD 21638

410 827-4454

judyc@holidaykentisland.com

Room Rate: $80.00 per night + tax

Complementary Breakfast

Best Western Kent Narrows

3101 Main Street

Grasonville, MD 21638

410 827-6767

Room Rate: $80.00 per night + tax

Complementary Breakfast

Hilton Garden Inn – Kent Island

3206 Main Street

Grasonville, MD 21638

410 827-3877

Room Rate: $ 125.00 per night + tax

Restaurant on site.

About ASA

The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation’s largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 83 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.

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