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GB Baseball Academy
View Map or Directions for the National Sports Training Centre, Heyford, off junction 10 of the M40, not far from Oxford.
The British Baseball Academy has been created to ensure that players with the appropriate levels of commitment have an opportunity to practice and improve their baseball skills:
– With players having similar commitment.
– With coaches who are following a plan of continuous development.
– In a programme which recognises each age-groups ability to learn different aspects of the game
The British Baseball Academy is about learning the game and giving players more chances to reach their potential. It is not about playing for Great Britain and attendance at the Academy provides no guarantee of selection to GB squads, although existing Great Britain players will be encouraged -- indeed expected -- to attend because it will give them the best opportunity to practice and improve. Similarly, Academy players may be invited by Head Coaches to practice with, and perhaps play for, the GB national teams.
The Academy runs through the “off-season” from October to March and Academy sessions take place once in each of those months, currently at the National Sports Training Center at Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire. To provide more opportunities for practice and improvement, Regional Academies have been introduced for the 2008/2009 Academy season. Regional Academies also take place once each month, in the South, the North and Scotland.
Beginning in 2008, the Academy season will culminate in an Academy Series, giving each Regional Academy the chance to kick off the season with high-level competition. The 2010 Academy Series will take place in Manchester on the weekend of March 27-28.
The British Baseball Academy is open to players from the ages of 10 to 18. Players are divided into age groups as determined by the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB). For the 2010/2011 Academy, the new age groupings are:
U12's:
For the 2010 and 2011 Academy season this group will be for players born in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
U15's:
For the 2010 and 2011 Academy season this group will be for players born in 1998, 1997 and 1996.
U18's:
For the 2010 and 2011 Academy season this group will be for players born in 1993, 1994 and 1995.
There is also an Under-25 “development” category for players born in or before 1992. For the 2010 and 2011 Academy season this group will be for players born in 1992 or before.
There is an annual fee of £50 to participate in the British Baseball Academy. This fee provides each member with an Academy T-shirt and cap and enables participation in all sessions that are offered.
The Academy is non-profit, and all its coaches and administrators are volunteers. The Academy is supported financially by BaseballSoftballUK and Major League Baseball International.
PRACTICE VENUE
British Baseball Academy and national team training practices are held at the National Sports Training Centre at Upper Heyford, just off Junction 10 on the M40, not far from Oxford (see links to Map and Directions above).
ACADEMY COACHES:
Head Coach: Will Lintern
Administrator: Wendy van Niekerk
Coaches: Ian Adam, Luis Arrevillagas, Rob Burnie, Liam Carroll, Brendan Cunliffe, Alan Dean, Frank Madden, Rob Rance, Stephan Rapaglia, Andy Rose, Steve Saltzgaber, Keith Sherman, Blake Taylor, Ryan Trask, Paul Vernon, Neil Warne.
PRACTICE TIMES: Upper Heyford
U12's
Time: 12.00pm - 4pm.
U15's, U18's and U25's
Time: 9.30am - 2.30pm.
DATES: National Training - Upper Heyford
Sunday 31st October 2010
Sunday 14th November 2010
Sunday 28th November 2010
Sunday 12th December 2010
Sunday TBA January 2011
Sunday TBA February 2011
Sunday TBA March 2011
DATES: Northern Academy Training - Lymm High School
Sunday 21st March 2010 - Training from 2.00pm - 6.00pm
27th and 28th March 2010 – Academy Series - Manchester
DATES: Southern Academy Training (U15's and U18's only) - Grovehill, Hemel Hempstead
Sunday 14th March 2010 - Training from 9am - 12pm
27th and 28th March 2010 – Academy Series - Manchester
Further information for parents will also be placed in the Downloads section of this website.
Please email any questions to either Coach Lintern Will Lintern
or Wendy Wendy van Niekerk.
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