Baseball Clinics Help Young Ballplayers Work on Mechanics

Clinics are a great place to work out the kinks in a skillset or even to develop a new skill. The game of baseball has so many little intricacies that require plenty of practice time and repetition. During the offseason, few things can be more valuable for a young ballplayer than a good clinic.

It’s long been a tradition of MLB and college baseball teams to host clinics for young folks in their area. However, coaches at any level can host clinics to help young athletes work on the important details of their approach to the game. Coaches can use sports websites as a place to inform youngsters about a clinic schedule. They can also take advantage of this sports software to break down some of the drills that were covered during the clinic.

Rockies visit young ballplayers in Utah

The Colorado Rockies may play their home games in Denver, but they’ve still got plenty of dedicated fans throughout Utah. The team recently held a baseball clinic in Woods Cross, Utah, where young players were able to work with Rockies such as Justin Morneau and Charlie Blackmon on some of the finer points of America’s pastime, according to the Deseret News.

Blackmon told the publication that he wanted to show the participants that even though he’s a professional player, he still plays the exact same game that they do.

“They taught us some drills that we could use all our lives to progress if we get up to a higher level than we are right now, things we could use to keep getting better,” Tanner Evans, a 14-year-old ballplayer from North Salt Lake, Utah, told the news outlet. “If we find ourselves in a slump, we can use those drills to find out what’s going on and fix it.”

Michigan State coach works on swing technique at clinic

Jake Boss Jr., the manager for Michigan State’s baseball team, held a youth clinic in Jackson, Michigan, for the fifth consecutive year, MLive reported. Last year, he focused on pitching and catching. This year, he wanted the players to work on the mechanics of their swing.

“What we tell them is when you come to something like this, if you can come away with one new thing that you can work on, then it’s been a valuable time,” Boss Jr. told the news outlet. “That’s kind of the goal. Hopefully they can come away with something new and go from there.”