OKLAHOMA CITY – The Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball in addition to local associations from Florida, New Jersey and Dallas/Ft. Worth will be hosting three USA Softball National Coaching Schools, presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance. The schools, which feature instruction from current and former USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) coaches and athletes, will take place during the months of November, December and January.– The Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball in addition to local associations from Florida, New Jersey and Dallas/Ft. Worth will be hosting three USA Softball National Coaching Schools, presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance. The schools, which feature instruction from current and former USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) coaches and athletes, will take place during the months of November, December and January.
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Open to 250 participants per school, the USA Softball National Coaching Schools are $200 per coach but those who make payment by the respective early-bird deadlines will be offered a rate of $175.
The school features firsthand instruction from members of the 2016 USA Softball WNT coaching staff, including Head Coach Ken Eriksen (Tampa, Fla./University of South Florida Head Coach) and former USA Softball WNT Head Coach turned ASA/USA Softball Director of Coaching Education Mike Candrea (Tucson, Ariz./University of Arizona Head Coach). Eriksen has been at the helm of the USA Softball WNT since 2011 and has led the program to a Pan American Games Gold, four World Cup of Softball titles and recently claimed Gold at the 2016 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) World Championship. Two-time Olympic Head Coach Candrea led the program to a Gold Medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and a Silver Medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing as well as numerous other medals in international competition before retiring from his USA Softball coaching duties in 2008.
Schools held in Tampa, Fla. and Atlantic City, N.J. will also feature current USA Softball WNT member Jessica Moore (Sutter, Calif./University of South Florida Assistant Coach), while Assistant Coach John Rittman (Valencia, Calif./Kansas University Associate Head Coach) will attend in Plano, Texas.
Following the opening of each school, Eriksen will address the audience on the state of the USA Softball National Teams and what it takes to play USA Softball. Instruction includes classes on both defense and offense as well as base running, hitting, pitching and outfield play. In addition to softball-related topics, instructors will also address topics such as planning a practice and leadership. At the conclusion of each National Coaching School, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session with the staff.
For more information on the 2016-17 USA Softball National Coaching Schools, presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance, including special room rates, visit ASAUSASoftball.com.
About ASA/USA Softball
Founded in 1933, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball is the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. One of the nation’s largest sports organizations, ASA/USA Softball sanctions competition in every state through a network of 70 local associations and has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 165,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than 2.02 million. ASA/USA is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of only two women’s sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won 10 World Championship titles as well as claimed eight World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about ASA/USA Softball, please visit http://www.asausasoftball.com/.
