BaseballMK sent two of their coaching staff and one youth player to the three day winter coaching clinic held in London.
COURSE SPEAKERS
JIM JONES
PRESIDENT AND CLINIC COORDINATOR - ISG BASEBALL CLINICS
FORMER NATIONAL TEAM HEAD COACH - SPAIN & CZECH REPUBLIC
Jim Jones has over 40 years of baseball coaching experience at the youth, high school, college, semi-pro and international levels. He served as assistant coach at Stanford University before becoming head coach at the University of Wyoming and St. Mary's College (CA).
In 2002 Jim worked as an MLB envoy with the French Baseball Federation. From 2003 to 2006 Jim worked as an envoy with the Spanish team.
At the 2006 European Baseball Coaches Association's winter convention, Jim received EBCA's Achievement Award in recognition of his work in European Baseball since the early 1990's.
RANDY WHISLER
BATTING COACH - OKLAHMOA REDHAWKS (TEXAS RANGERS AAA AFFILIATE)
FORMER MLB FIRST BASE COACH - CINCINNATI REDS
Randy is currently the hitting coach with the Oklahmoa Redhawks, a "AAA" level baseball team. Randy was hired at the beginning of the 2007 season from the St Louis Cardinals Organisation.
Between 2003 and 2005 Randy was the First Base coach for the Cincinnati Reds MLB team.
Randy was drafted in the 4th round of the 1981 player draft by the Chicago Cubs.
Randy was later drafted in 1985 when he had finished college by the Toronto Blue Jays, where he played 2 years of minor league baseball.
CRAIG BJORNSON
PITCHING COACH -
PITCHING COACH - OGDEN RAPTORS(LOS ANGELES DODGERS ROOKIE AFFILIATE)
Craig is currently the pitching coach for the Ogden Raptors since he was hired in hired in 2006.
Craig has been a pitching coach since 1999, working within the Montreal Expos & Kansas City Royals organizations. Craig has also coached in the Venezuelan Winter League and with the Spanish National Team.
Craig was signed as a minor league free agent with the Houston Astros in 1991.
Craig played 2 years of minor league baseball as a pitcher finishing with a 9-18 record, 3.82 ERA in 81 games.
COURSE SESSIONS
FRIDAY
Greeting and Introductions
Preparing the mind to pitch - Craig Bjornson
The five absolutes of hitting - Randy Whisler
Creating a culture of success - Liam Carroll
SATURDAY
Do you know where they are? - Defensive Positioning - Randy Whisler
Looking for something different? - Drop Knee Catching - Jim Jones
Pitching inside, Learning to set up pitches - Craig Bjornson
Throwing programmes and side sessions - Craig Bjornson
Hitting Drills to reinforce 5 absolutes of hitting - Randy Whisler
Fielding the corners - Jim Jones
Pitchers Fielding Practice - Craig Bjornson
The 6 "F"s of fielding - Randy Whisler
runner at first base - Jim Jones
SUNDAY
Video Analysis - Jeremy Neads
Runner at second, now what? - Jim Jones
Developing pitching mechanics - Craig Bjornson
Q & A
