Summer Baseball Camp is as American as Apple Pie and, well….BASEBALL!
By Casey Fitzner
Baseball Newbie, Friend of DIRB and Mother of Three Aspring Baseball Players

There are many choices for camp this summer. There might be a park that offers baseball-like camps. But those are likely run my well-intended young adults, who are NOT coaches, don’t teach the game or help your player develop.

There are also the very upscale, high-end, very ELITE baseball facilities that run many options for camp. Now, these camps are fine. They will learn. They will train. They will be promised that they will excel, become a pitcher, home-run hitter, best fielder and so on...and who knows? They just might. But these camps are priced high and have a private club feel to them. Is that how you would want to spend your summer days?

This is SUMMER CAMP we are talking about. Yes, baseball and skills will be the focus. And yes, they will be taught and run by professional coaching staff. But Do It Right Baseball runs a camp that is FUN! Who has not seen The Sandlot 100 times with your aspiring baseball player? We all have, right? That movie is about baseball. But it’s also about fun, memories, friendship, acceptance and meeting your buddies where they are. THIS is what DIRB is ALL ABOUT. Let me give you an example:

I was working at The Creek one day when a player showed up to camp for the first time. This kid was shy, lacked confidence in his skill and didn’t know one person there. What I observed was Coach Stringer immediately connect on a one-on-one basis, giving him a witty nickname and engaging the other players to bring him into the fold. This quiet kid went from “I’m not that good at catching” to “throw it here!” PRIDE. FUN. ENERGY. SKILL-BUILDING. NEW FRIENDS. And...the occasional impromtu of dodge-ball with the coaches!

Other perks to sending you kids to DIRB Baseball Camp include:

1. Your kid is forced to “disconnect” - Between television, cell phones, video games, Facebook – to name a few – this gets them moving, learning to make new friends, be on a “team”.

2. Everybody will know your kid at camp – chances are, Coach Strings will give your player a crazy nickname (he’s good like that). You will have a pack of kids with similar interests who you will get to have new fun with every day.

3. He might just become a better player – and find a new love of the game.

What Summer Camp memories do you have? What memory or life skill did you get from Summer Camp?