Seven B and C-grade co-ed slowpitch teams have taken up a BSF offer to provide instruction from GB Slowpitch Team coaches, and the first session will be held on April 6.
For most teams, the BSF will pay for GB Slowpitch coaches to provide a player clinic, and then to work on game management and strategy with the team at an early-season competition.
The aim is to raise standards of play among teams that aspire to more success on the field and that want to play at a higher level.
Teams and dates
Two Oxford Softball League teams – Devils and Heat –will start the programme off with a combined clinic on Saturday 6 April, delivered by GB Slowpitch Team Manager and Assistant Coach Sara Vertigan.
The Finsbury Dazzlers from the Greater London Softball Mixed League will have a clinic, also delivered by Sara Vertigan, on Saturday 13 April and will then be monitored and assisted in competition at the GLSML First Ball on 18 May.
The Birmingham Bobcats will have an evening clinic on Thursday 25 April, delivered by GB Slowpitch Team Assistant Coach Belinda Alker.
Chalfont Softball Club from the Windsor and Maidenhead League will host a clinic on Sunday 5 May, delivered by GB Slowpitch Assistant Coach Martin Digon.
And two Leeds Softball League teams – Dynamite and Detonators – will be monitored in play at the Manchester First Ball on 13-14 April and will then have clinic sessions on Saturday 18 May. Danny Gunn will be the coach working with Leeds Dynamite, while Mike Ashley will work with the Detonators.