2009 Danes Clinics Catalog
The Danes Hitting Clinic
This clinic is a "must". We have been teaching similar hitting mechanics as some of the top teams in the country including Team USA and the 2008 NCAA D3 National Champion UW-Eau Claire Blugolds for the past 5 years and have mastered the ability to teach the mechanics that will drive increased offensive results for all types of hitters. We use the same terminology that has becoming “industry standard” in both MLB and Fastpitch. The session will include 45 mins of demonstration and instruction with over half the session being focused on the drill work that helped the Danes 18U team achieve the most runs/game of any team in the 2007 PONY National Tournament and most HRs (over fense) of any team in the 2006 USSSA Major and 2008 PONY National Tournament. Danes Alumni on average have a .300+ batting average as freshman in college, it is the mechanics!
Cost: Contact the Danes
Duration: 3 Hours
Max Participants: 28 Hitters per session
Coaches: 6 Clinicians + Lead Clinician Tim Husted
Host Requirements: Host organization needs to provide reasonable gym space which includes netted batting cages, some hitting tees, a pitching machine and pitching machine balls
Player Requirements: Parents must sign liability waiver and hitters much have their own personal bat to benefit from the format of the clinic
Age Requirements: Willing to do the clinic for any age group 8-18 but would encourage organizations with youth and high school aged players to schedule 2 sessions with an age cutoff around 13/14 years old.
The Danes Slap Hitting Clinic
One constant for the Danes is a group of elite slap hitters who create pressure on even the best defensive teams and pitchers. What sets the Danes apart is the ability to develop slap hitters with power to increase their ability to get on base. We’ll share all our “secrets” in this session which include 25 mins of demonstration and instruction with over half the session being focused on the drill work that Danes’ slappers use before each game.
Cost: Contact the Danes
Duration: 2 Hours
Max Participants: 20 Slappers per session
Coaches: 4 Clinicians + Lead Clinician Tim Husted or Katie Hamilton
Host Requirements: Host organization needs to provide reasonable gym space which includes netted batting cages, some hitting tees, a pitching machine and pitching machine balls
Player Requirements: Parents must sign liability waiver and hitters much have their own personal bat to benefit from the format of the clinic
Age Requirements: Willing to do the clinic for any age group 8-18 but would encourage organizations who can get a high level of participation to schedule 2 sessions with an age cutoff around 13/14 years old.
The Danes Pitching Clinic
You don’t win consistently in this sport without elite pitching, and the Danes have developed many elite pitchers who have proven dominate in both high school, travel and college softball.Not every pitcher can have a full time pitching coach, come to this session which will be focused all sharing tips and techniques that are true of all great pitchers, smooth motion, confidence from muscle memory, velocity with command and natural or forced movement.75% of the time will be spent doing drills and working on skills.
Cost: Contact the Danes
Duration: 2 Hours
Max Participants: 20 Pitchers per session
Coaches: 4 Clinicians + Lead Clinician Tim Husted or Katie Hamilton
Host Requirements:Host organization needs to provide reasonable gym space and ideally some home plates (does not need to be fancy)
Player Requirements:Parents must sign liability waiver and pitchers much have their own personal catcher (can be parent or friend) to benefit from the format of the clinic
Age Requirements:Willing to do the clinic for pitchers age 12-18 but would encourage organizations that can get a high level of participation to schedule 2 sessions with an age cutoff around 13/14 years old.
The Danes Catching Clinic
The Danes love catchers, often having at least 30% of our roster being high school catchers and developing some of the top catchers in WI and MN the past few years.This session will provide focus on the four most important aspects of catching; receiving pitches, blocking pitches, throwing and attitude/approach.
Cost: Contact the Danes
Duration: 1 Hour, 15 mins
Max Participants: 10 Catchers per session
Coaches: 2 Clinicians + Lead Clinician Tim Husted or Bekki Kidnie
Host Requirements: Host organization needs to provide reasonable gym space and ideally some home plates (does not need to be fancy)
Player Requirements: Parents must sign liability waiver and catchers should have their own personal catching equipment to benefit from the format of the clinic
Age Requirements:Any catchers age 10-18
“New Coaching in the Old Game of Fastpitch”
The most underdeveloped skills in most fastpitch organizations are coaching skills.And many coaches clinics focus on how to “teach” skills instead of the strategies and logistics of coaching.The Danes have created a coaching curriculum which focuses on the strategies of the game and logistics of coaching.
Although the curriculum can be adapted to fit your audience and time frames, there are 10 hours of content developed into four 2.5 hour interactive sessions: 1. The Basic Building Blocks of Coaching
2. The Offensive Game Plan
3. The Defensive Game Plan
4. Pitching and Catching
Cost: Dependent on the logistical design of the clinic
Clinicians: Tim Husted and Guest Presenter
Host Requirements: Host organization needs to provide a reasonable meeting/classroom space which has ability to project a power point presentation onto a screen.
The Danes Fielding Clinics
Aggressive fielding and strategy is a hallmark of Danes teams, and the Danes would love the opportunity to share our knowledge in this key aspect of the game.Components of training could include but not be limited to throwing and catching development, softball specific footwork skills, infield skills and outfield skills.
Since gym floors do not offer the best opportunity to develop the correct mechanics and skills, the Danes are only willing to offer these clinics to organizations which can acquire indoor turf field space during the winter months.We can “price” these clinics to include needed “dome time rental costs”.
We are also willing to schedule clinics in April/May for 10U/12U and 14U teams on outdoor fields weather permitting.
Cost: Dependent on the logistical design of the clinic
Clinicians: 8 to 1 Player to Clinician Ratio along with Lead Clinician Tim Husted