{"id":4507,"date":"2010-08-11T14:05:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T21:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2010-08-11T14:05:25","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T21:05:25","slug":"asausa-boys-fastpitch-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=4507","title":{"rendered":"ASA\/USA Boys Fastpitch Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From USA Softball&#8217;s Doug Lindaman:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thirty nine young male fastpitch players participated in the ASA\/USA Softball junior men&#8217;s development camp in Rolla, Missouri on Wednesday, August 4.  The camp was held at the Ber Juan Sportsplex one day prior to the ASA 16-Under, 18-Under and 23-Under national tourneys.  The 39 players represented 12 states and all are age-eligible (born in 1993 or later) for the next ISF junior men&#8217;s world championship in Argentina in 2012.  After the camp, all 39 boys participated in the 16-U nationals on Thursday and Friday, August 5-6.<\/p>\n<p>Catchers received individual instruction for 45 minutes, beginning the day at 8:30 am.  Pitchers, many of whom are already receiving monthly video feedback from the USA coaching staff, began a 45 minute session at 9:15.  The remaining camp participants began at 10 am and rotated between workout stations for hitting, bunting and fielding.  After a two hour lunch break, necessitated by the 100 degree heat and high humidity, players were divided into three teams and a two hour controlled scrimmage was conducted.<\/p>\n<p>Over 90 boys from 25 states have now expressed a desire to be considered for the next USA junior men&#8217;s team.  Although there are only a small number of boys club teams in a handful of states, many age-eligible boys are gaining experience by playing in men&#8217;s fastpitch leagues and have found out about the potential for playing on the USA Softball national team through various internet web sites and social media outlets, as well as a very active recruiting effort by the USA junior men&#8217;s coaching staff.  <\/p>\n<p>USA Softball junior men&#8217;s head coach Tim Lyon was assisted by coaching staff members Scott Standerfer and Gary Mullican, along with selection committee member Doug Lindaman, in directing the camp activities.  &#8220;We were very pleased with the turnout, the enthusiasm and the skill level of these athletes&#8221; said Lyon.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is exciting to see as we look forward to the next ISF world championship only two years down the road.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From USA Softball&#8217;s Doug Lindaman: Thirty nine young male fastpitch players participated in the ASA\/USA Softball junior men&#8217;s development camp in Rolla, Missouri on Wednesday, August 4. The camp was held at the Ber Juan Sportsplex one day prior to the ASA 16-Under, 18-Under and 23-Under national tourneys. The 39 players represented 12 states and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}