On January 30 and 31, 2016 a Softball Coaches Clinic will be held during the annual ISG/DBV Convention 2016 at the Ahorn-Sportpark in Paderborn, Germany (registration at http://convention.baseball-softball.de/dbv-convention/anmeldung/). In cooperation with the European Softball Federation (ESF) and the German Baseball and Softball Federation (DBV), as well as the International Sports Group (ISG) a strong lineup of speakers will be on hand during the clinic.
Longtime Dutch women’s fastpitch national team member Lindsey Meadows-Oosterveld will travel to Paderborn to talk about pitching mechanics and movement of pitches. Dutch men’s softball national team head coach Ben ten Pas and Israel’s Corey Vyner from Canada will speak strategies in offense and defense, as well as hitting and the identification and correction of bad habits. Additionally all participants will get insights into mental training by Matt Morse of Brian Cain Peak Performance, into hitting by Steve Englishbey and into beeball by Ivan Rodriguez.
The softball clinic is part of the annual ISG/DBV Convention, which also includes a baseball coaches clinic, scorers courses and umpire training. For the first time the softball clinic will be organized with the support by ESF. It starts on Saturday, January 30 at 9am (until 6.30pm) and will continue through Sunday, January 31 4pm. Registration for the softball clinic is possible via http://convention.baseball-softball.de/dbv-convention/anmeldung/ The clinic price includes lunch on Saturday and Sunday, as well as dinner on Saturday evening at the Ahorn-Sportpark.
A detailed schedule of the program will be published in the coming days.