Jay Ward Hitting Clinics and Charlie O’Brien Catching Clinics at Balls-n-Strikes
January 26, 2010 by Mr. Nat
Filed under Nationals News
Don’t Miss Jay Ward Hitting Clinics and Charlie O’Brien Catching Clinics in February at Balls-n-Strikes Springfield…
These guys don’t come around often so make sure to mark your calendars and plan on attending!
Catching with Charlie O’Brien: February 12-13
During Charlie’s 15-year and 800-game big league career he was noted for his defensive prowess while catching 11 Cy Young Award winning pitchers including: Frank Viola, Dwight Gooden, Brett Saberhagen, David Cone, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Pat Hentgen, Roger Clemens, Chris Carpenter, and Jack McDowell. Charlie is credited with having invented the hockey-style catchers mask. Charlie will have a coaching clinic on Friday night and catching camp on Saturday (Click Here for more info).
Hitting with Jay Ward: February 19-26
After his time as the Major League Hitting Coach for the New York Yankees and Montreal Expos and Minor League Hitting Coordinator for the Montreal Expos and Atlanta Braves, Jay Ward was considered one of the premier hitting instructors in baseball and opened the Wade Boggs and Jay Ward Hitting School in Tampa, FL. Jay has accumulated over 700 wins during his 15-year managerial career in the minor leagues. Jay has worked with high-profile hitters such as Dave Winfield, Don Mattingly, Rickey Henderson, Wade Boggs, Jay Buhner, Larry Walker, Moises Alou, Marquis Grissom, Delino DeShields, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, Javier Lopez, Ryan Klesko, and more. Jay will have a coaching clinic on Friday night, hitting camp on Saturday, and be available for 3-on-1 instruction during the week (Click Here for more info).
To register for clinics call Balls-n-Strikes at (417) 725-8000.
