U.S. Baseball Academy opens Skipwith location

U.S. Baseball Academy, which operates a national network of affordable hitting, pitching, catching, fielding and base running camps for players in grades 1 through 12, is pleased to announce the addition of Bluestone High School to its lineup for the coming winter and spring. Registration is now under way at www.USBaseballAcademy.com.

U.S. Baseball Academy’s Spring Training 2014 is a unique concept that provides young players with advanced hitting, pitching, catching, fielding and base running training programs, instruction by the area’s top coaches and fantastic facilities.  Players who choose multiple skills qualify for discounted session prices.

U.S. Baseball Academy’s 2014 Spring Training program will be held at nearly 170 sites across the United States. The session in Skipwith runs January 12-February 23 at Bluestone High School. Bluestone head coach, Dan Powell, will direct the program. Instructors will include a staff of the area’s best coaches.

With a player-coach ratio of 6 to 1, each player gets plenty of individual attention in a small-group atmosphere. In addition to unbeatable instruction by the area’s best coaches, players get a preseason tune-up that helps them enter team practice in mid-season form.

Since 1988, U.S. Baseball Academy has run hundreds of camps and clinics for thousands of players nationwide. Each week, hitters rotate through a series of supervised stations, including indoor batting cages, with each drill designed to teach a different aspect of hitting. Players enjoy participating in hitting games and unique stations used by top high school and college programs. The program is designed to improve pitch and strike zone recognition, timing, balance, power, situational hitting, bunting, and other aspects. Pitchers work under the supervision of coaches who can help with all aspects of pitching, from fundamentals and mechanics to more advanced concepts. Drills and repetition will improve a pitcher’s speed and control. Our catcher’s camp covers all aspects of being behind the plate. Players will get instruction on stance, signs, receiving, framing, blocking, throwing, fielding bunts, tags and the mental aspects of dealing with pitchers.

Registration deadlines are approximately six weeks before each session begins, but last year’s camps sold out much earlier. Because of the low player-coach ratio, spots in each session are limited. Complete details and times for each site, as well as registration forms are available online at www.USBaseballAcademy.comor by phoning toll free 866-622-4487.