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Updated:
2-9-06
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More
information below
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John
Masco new 2006 Tournaments:
2006 NASF NEW YORK. Tournament Schedule
North American Sports Federation
June 9-11 NASF State Tournament
14,16 and 18/U - Redman Rd. Complex,
Brockport, N.Y.
NOTE: John
says at this time, there are only a couple
more spots open for the 14U & 16U
brackets in this tournament.
July 15 - 16 NASF Invitational
12/U - Redman Rd. Complex, Brockport,
N.Y.
August 5-6 NASF National World
Series Championship Womens fast pitch
23/U - Redman Rd. Complex, Brockport,
N.Y.
August 12-13 NASF End of Season
Tournament 12U, 14U, 16U, 18U
- Redman Rd. Complex, Brockport, N.Y.
More
from John below:
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Mercy
High School Softball
Team
& Coaches
to
offer
Fastpitch Softball Clinic
Sunday
- March 5, 2006
Fielding and Hitting: 11:00am-
2:00pm
Pitching and Catching Clinic: 2:00 - 3:00pm
Get your daughters ready for school try-outs!
Clinic
to be held at Our Lady of Mercy High School
Gym, 1437 Blossom Rd., Rochester.
The
school is on the corner of Blossom Rd.and
Clover St. Enter the large parking lot
off of Clover St.
The Clinic is designed
for girls in grades 4 through 8 who want
to learn/improve their softball skills
for town, little league or school teams.
ASHLEY DEMINSTRATES
HOW TO DRIVE THE BALL
MERCY'S LARGE GYM
The Mercy clinic one of
the few offered in this area which is
dedicated to the younger players; this
age group easily gets overlooked or shortchanged
at the larger clinics. It is for those
playing 12U and 14U.
In the past, the clinics have included very skilled players and some absolute beginners. Instructors include the Mercy Varsity Team & Mercy Softball Coaches plus other local Softball Coaches, all working with the girls according to their different levels of experience.
If your daughter knows nothing about the sport, she will leave knowing the basics and the drills to get better. If she knows the game and is a skilled player, this clinic will get her to the next level.
Each girl will get personal instruction at several different batting stations and personal one-on-one instruction while in the hitting cage.
Fielding will include correct warm-up, proper throwing, stopping the ball, infielding & outfielding, proper base running and more.
THE
GIRLS LISTEN TO THE PROPER USE OF THE
BATTING TEE & THEN PUTTING THE LESSON
TO WORK
PICTURES ARE FROM THE JANUARY 2006 SOFTBALL
CLINIC AT MERCY
Extra
Pitching and Catching Clinic:
Your daughter needs to know nothing about
pitching.
Even if she never pitched before, most
girls leave being able to throw the ball
straight and level and 40 feet.
Advanced pitchers can learn how to throw
the different pitches, change-up, curve
or drop from some of the area's best pitching
coaches.
Catchers will learn the basic skills and
fundamentals, also drills you can do on
your own to improve
Cost:
Fielding and Hitting Clinic: $30.00
Pitching
and Catching Clinic: $10.00 additional
charge
($40.00 for both)
HARDER!
AND SWING THROUGH...DRIVE IT!
COULD THIS BE A FUTURE OYLMPIC PITCHER?
Questions
and Information Contact:
MercySoftball@aol.com
or
call: 585-293-3215
Clinic
2006 Flyer (click
and print form)
Clinic
Registration Form
(Click here and
print form)
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Softball
Clinics
These clinics will be conducted
for the softball player ages 8 to 16+
age groups.
We
will focus on windmill softball pitching,
hitting, bunting, fielding, and throwing.
College women softball players and managers
will teach the clinics.
Sunday February
5th 2006
St. John Fisher College Field House
9 AM to Noon
Conducted by
St John Fisher Women’s Softball
&
Sunday
February 12th 2006
Mendon High School Gymnasium
Noon to 3PM
Conducted by
SUNY Geneseo Women’s Softball
$30
per 3 hour clinic.
Make checks payable to PSBC
Send name and age of player to:
Tim Morris
42 Copper Woods
Pittsford NY 14534
Contact: Mrpkg2@yahoo.com
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NASF PITCHING/CATCHING CLINIC
2006-SUNDAY-FEBRUARY 26-8:45AM
This
clinic is for any players involved or
playing in
John
Masco's summer league
THREE DISCIPLINES-PITCHING:
BEGINNER-NOVICE-ADVANCED
CATCHING-DO’S AND DO NOT’S
START WITH
INTRODUCTION
WARM-UPS/ WORKOUT
PITCHING RULES
PITCHERS BREAK INTO THREE GROUPS
BEGINNER-NOVICE-ADVANCED
BEGINNER - Never
pitched before, wants to pitch, or just
starting
NOVICE-Can throw
fast ball and change-up straight and level
now wants to learn curve, drop,
etc.
ADVANCED - Can
throw fastball, curves over 50mph wants
to
learn dropball, riseball and throw faster:
+55mph
CATCHERS INTO ONE GROUP
All levels: learn throwing, throw-downs,
proper plate blocking
How do I call pitches, drills to improve
catching skills
BRING BOTH TOGETHER
THREE STATIONS
UMPIRES WILL COME INTO GYM 1 ½
HOURS AFTER START.
UMPIRES WILL THEN CALL BALLS/STRIKES/ILLEGAL
PITCHING
FOR ALL LEVELS: FOR 45 MINUTES.
CALL ALL PLAYERS TOGETHER FOR A FINAL
GOODBYE.
8:45/9:00/10:30/11:45/NOON FINISH
For more information
email John Masco at:
jmasco1205@aol.com
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>Thinking
of getting that new Bat?
Check this out: Bats
Banned by the ASA & College Leagues
(some well known
bats on this list)
ALSO: http://www2.ncaa.org/media_and_events/pres
LINKS TO CATALYST
BAT: www.slugger.com
NCAA:
www.ncaa.org.
ASA LINK: www.softball.org.
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From:
John Masco, NASF Commissioner/UIC
NYS
Tournaments, League and Clinics
Re:
NASF New York State, 2005/2006
Report
for 2005
The North American Sports Federation is
alive and well in New York State. Our
summer program consisted of girls' fast
pitch leagues in 5 brackets, 12U-14U-16U-18U
and Open. There were over 500 girls who
went through our summer leagues and an
additional 1000+ who played in 4 of our
NASF tournaments. Our tournaments consisted
of the following:
NASF New York State Championship
Tourney, 18/16/14U, June 10-12, 2005
18U-1st place Western New York Extreme
2nd place Monroe Blazers
16U-1st place Lady Lions
2nd place Monroe Blazers
14U-1st place Monroe Blazers
2nd place New York Outcasts
NASF Invitational 12U Tournament
, July 9-10, 2005
1st place- Lady Lions
2nd place- Pittsford Cyclones
NASF Invitational 23U/Open Tourney, August
6-7, 2005
1st place- Moldie Oldies
2nd place-ACO Blaze
NASF Invitational End of Season
Tournament, 18/16U, August 13-14, 2005
18U- 1st place- Lady Lions
2nd place-Monroe Blazers
16U- 1st place- Kingston, Ontario Canada,
Kobras
2nd place-Lady Lions
There were 4 NASF Clinics
held for NASF players and coaches as follows:
All skills-February 6-assisted by SUNY
Brockport Girls Fast Pitch team
Pitchers and Catchers-February 27
with live pitching, and calling of balls
and strikes by local
NCAA/RCU certified umpires
Youth Umpires-assisted by Physical Education
Faculty SUNY Brockport
Coaches-4 panelists from Physical Education/Sports
Mgm't/Physical Training/Coaching
from Faculty SUNY Brockport
Report
for 2006
Next year, 2006, will be another banner
year for the NASF Girl's Fast Pitch arenas.
Several Clinics are already scheduled
and reserved, and the use of 6 softball
fields in Sweden/Brockport, N. Y. have
already been contracted for, in which
to hold the 4 NASF Tournaments as follows:
CLINICS:
Open to all players, playing in John Masco's
League.
February 26-Pitchers/Catchers/NCAA/NASF
umpires, Area pitching and catching
coaches will assist.
March 26-All Skills- w/SUNY Brockport
Girls Softball Team, showing
all the latest fastpitch softball moves
and techniques.
April 6- Youth umpires
TOURNAMENTS:
June 9-10-11- New York State NASF Championships-18U/16U/14U
July 15 - 16 - NASF Invitational 12U
August 5-6- National/World Series NASF
Championship 23U/Open
August 12-13- NASF End of Season Tourney-
18U/16U/14U/12U
All tournaments will be held at Sweden
Recreation Sports Complex in Brockport,
New York.
All clinics will be held at the Sweden
Recreation Center gymnasium in Brockport,
N. Y.
All inquiries may be directed to John
Masco, NASF NYS Commissioner/UIC, via
this electronic vehicle, JMASCO1205@AOL.COM.
Our summer leagues continue to grow and
much is due to two very important items.
The first is always, good and compassionate
coaching, and second, the concept that
there are no losers. The leagues do not
keep stats other than player development,
in both motor skills and mental attitude.
Our young ladies are developing as both
skillful softball players and leaders
of our next generation. Emphasis is put
on positive development through positive
reinforcement and compassionate coaching.
I cannot say enough about our devoted,
dedicated, caring, skillful coaching in
this area. Without them and their family
support, we would not be able to survive.
NASF is the place to be and soon will
be the leader in upstate New York. We
are the fastest growing girls fast pitch
in New York State. We hope to see many
of the NASF supportive teams coming to
our tournaments and leagues.
It is time to put a period on
this article, so in closing, good luck
to our NASF Family.
John Masco, NYS Commissioner/UIC
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John
Valle Baseball announces:
Fall/ Winter INDOOR Fastpitch Softball
Leagues for both Men & Woman's fastpitch
teams.
League
teams, Travel teams, High School or College
teams
1. Fall/Winter league start date – week of Nov 7th until April 20 game season
2. League would be played at both Brighton & Irondequoit
locations & include age categories
of:
3. League pricing - $125 per game per
team. (1hr & 45 minute game +15 min
warmup time) All Star Sports will provide
umpires, balls, bases.
4. Teams who sign up before September
15th, can play exhibition game at No Cost
in October
Anyone who has any questions could call
me:
John Valle, cell phone:
509-0217
Associate Scout/ New York Mets
For more information click here:
John
Valle Baseball
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***Monroe Community College**
MCC is again going to offer its facilities for both winter and summer workout and practice sessions.
MCC has one of
the finest softball facilities in this
area. The field is in great condition
and the new batting cage and hitting stations
make it a good place to improve your fastpitch
skills.
1. Winter Practice.
Any coaches that want to rent gym time
and space at MCC on Sunday evenings from
November thru March from 6:30 p.m.-8:30
p.m.; cost would be $125 per night. You
can have as many players as you want to
workout. You can pick the nights and number
of sessions you want as well.
Area includes: Batting cage, 3 pitching
machines, 7 hitting stations in one half.
In the other half, you can use as an infield
or for pitching stations.
Various
hitting stations
and exercises plus live hitting in the
cage help to sharpen the eye and hone
the batting skills.
2. Summer Practice
2006 season
On either Tues., Wed. and/or Thurs., you
can rent the MCC softball field and batting
cage for team practice. Times would be
6 p.m.-8:30 p.m.; cost would be $100 per
night. You can start renting the field
from the middle of May thru Sept. Nice
part of this, you could even run games
on the field if you like on your night.
The Blazers 18U
& the Cyclones 16U team got quite
a workout this night from M.C.C. Head
Softball Coach
Robb DiGiacomo
Coach
DiGiacomo says you
can hold your weekly practice session
during the first half of your night and
then scrimmage another team or play a
regulation game on the second half. Bring
your own umpire and move your league game
that week to MCC.
More information contact Robb DiGiacomo:
email: bbor44@aol.com
telephone: 585-750-1040
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RFastP.com
note: This is a great opportunity
for local teams to keep in shape during
the winter months. Hitting, fielding &
pitching in a warm facility in the off
season is the way to keep in shape. If
12 - 18 girls or more take advantage of
this practice, the cost is $6. to 10.
per girl/ night. Quite a deal for a 2
hr workout including cage time.
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The
2005 Fastpitch Softball Season
Birds Eye
Player of the Year Awards
Many of
Section V's best Softball Players receive
the Birds Eye Player of the Year Award
for their various high school leagues
throughout Section V.
The girls got their awards at Frontier
Field before the Red Wing Game!
The High School Baseball Players also received their awards that night.
June 4, Mercy High makes it to the State
Final Championship game in Syracuse and
loses to Susquehanna Valley in a close
game.
Hamburg
Tournament 14U, 16U & 18U
Hamburg, New York - July 2005
Many Rochester area teams traveled to
Hamburg, N.Y. (about 20 miles south of
Buffalo.) All age brackets had teams from
our area in the 3 day tournament and did
quite well in the final standings.
Monroe
Blazers 18U
had a great weekend. The weather started
out threatening early, but it turned into
a great weekend. Sunny and in the 80's
on Sunday at the Nike Complex.
Midlakes
Tournament
14U & 16U July 2005
Rich McNear
and the crew have the fields in great
shape for both the 23U tournament and
the 14U & 16U tournaments in July.
The Midlakes complex is located on Rt
488 about a quarter mile south of Rt.
96, between Clifton Springs and Phelps
N.Y. Rich McNear and his Crew have been
hosting tournaments there for years and
years. They also hold a Tuesday night
league during the summer, with many teams
from Rochester and Syracuse areas.
Pittsford Cylones vs Oswego Pride 16U
...Close play at the plate, 14U final
Very
nice awards ceremony with a great speech
to both teams by Rich.
(more area tournament pictures coming)
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Help
sheets for league or townball
coaches - points to help your
players get better
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Frozen
Ropes Softball Camps
Lessons on hitting,
pitching and fielding
Year-round softball and baseball training
Contact: John
Scarpelli
Assistant G.M., Director of Marketing
(585) 385-0420
Office
(585) 385-0455 FAX
jscarpelli@FrozenRopesRochester.com
To get more information on the camps or to see the current news letter go to: http://frozenropesrochester.com/newsletters.htm
Frozen
Ropes Newsletter: Softball & Hardball
training
facility in E. Rochester; go to this site
and sign up for the newsletter:
info@frozenropesrochester.com
JOSIE'S READY TO
HIT A HOME RUN - AT WHAT AGE SHOULD THEY
START?
Even at
3,4 or 5 years old, you can pitch a wiffle
ball to them and see if they can hit or
catch. If anything, it would increase
hand/eye coordination and help in later
years in any sport. I think a lot of people
would be surprised to see how well a 4
or 5 year old can hit a wiffle ball with
a plastic bat with only a couple days
practice. In a few days they start
adjusting and start to clobber the ball
over your head.
LONG-TERM GOALS:
1. Get more girls of all ages involved in fastpitch softball.
2. If
a local fastpitch association can be formed
and can organize leagues, games and tournaments
in a seven-county area, or the Section
V area, there would be an organization
to start in motion a master plan to build
a centrally located softball complex where
local leagues, sectional games, tournaments,
etc. could be played. This would end the
need to beg for fields, pay for fields,
or kiss someones bu-- to get the use of
a diamond for a few hours.
The more people who get involved, the
easier it would be to build something
like this. Both Buffalo and Syracuse have
complexes built with public funding which
are strictly for fastpitch softball!
3. Keep girls involved at all ages. Buffalo
has an open league with no age limit.
Females of all ages, from young girls
to women who have graduated from college
and have children of their own, still
play in fastpitch leagues.
With Title IX and all the money spent on men's sports facilities in our area, it it is not that far-fetched to believe that a local complex could be built.
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