It’s not every day you have the opportunity to work out with a national champion, but some young softball players in New England had an opportunity to learn from one of the best, in Putney, Vermont.2018 national champion and six-time ACC coach of the year Lonni Alameda made her first ever trip to Vermont to run a small, full-day clinic at Landmark College.”Chris reached out and said he wants to grow the game of softball, and that’s probably a big soft spot of mine,” said Alameda. “Growing the game of softball and meeting people, and it’s summertime so you get a chance to get out and see some different things so it fit in the schedule and here I am.””She thought it was unique, we’re not stuffing this thing with hundreds of kids to make thousands of dollars,” said Chris Cummings, head coach at Landmark College. “We’re trying to keep it limited so they get the most out of it.”There were two sessions each with no more than 20 kids. Pulling from Burlington to Maine, everyone wanted to get a piece of the national champion.”There’s tons of different ways to skin a cat right, so a lot of different ways to throw and hit and pitch and all those things,” said Alameda. “If I can come up here and share a little bit with them, maybe one or two things help them or help their coaches whatever it might be. That helps grow their game and grows the game in general.”During the sessions, the girls got fielding instruction and took some batting practice. The athletes that showed up, taking in every detail they can.”She’s got us to communicate a lot more, and get us out of our comfort zones,” said Maddy & Brooke, a clinic participant. “She’s very respectful and I feel like as a coach that’s something you should admire and help make kids want to learn.”The camp was limited in roster size this year, but Chris says he hopes that’s not the case in years to come. He wants to expand so everyone in New England has an opportunity, and more D1 coaches have reached out saying they want to participate as well.”The goal is to make this the premier training event in New England,” said Cummings. “Vermont is not known for softball, it’s gonna be after we get done.”
It’s not every day you have the opportunity to work out with a national champion, but some young softball players in New England had an opportunity to learn from one of the best, in Putney, Vermont.
2018 national champion and six-time ACC coach of the year Lonni Alameda made her first ever trip to Vermont to run a small, full-day clinic at Landmark College.
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“Chris reached out and said he wants to grow the game of softball, and that’s probably a big soft spot of mine,” said Alameda. “Growing the game of softball and meeting people, and it’s summertime so you get a chance to get out and see some different things so it fit in the schedule and here I am.”
“She thought it was unique, we’re not stuffing this thing with hundreds of kids to make thousands of dollars,” said Chris Cummings, head coach at Landmark College. “We’re trying to keep it limited so they get the most out of it.”
There were two sessions each with no more than 20 kids. Pulling from Burlington to Maine, everyone wanted to get a piece of the national champion.
“There’s tons of different ways to skin a cat right, so a lot of different ways to throw and hit and pitch and all those things,” said Alameda. “If I can come up here and share a little bit with them, maybe one or two things help them or help their coaches whatever it might be. That helps grow their game and grows the game in general.”
During the sessions, the girls got fielding instruction and took some batting practice. The athletes that showed up, taking in every detail they can.
“She’s got us to communicate a lot more, and get us out of our comfort zones,” said Maddy & Brooke, a clinic participant. “She’s very respectful and I feel like as a coach that’s something you should admire and help make kids want to learn.”
The camp was limited in roster size this year, but Chris says he hopes that’s not the case in years to come. He wants to expand so everyone in New England has an opportunity, and more D1 coaches have reached out saying they want to participate as well.
“The goal is to make this the premier training event in New England,” said Cummings. “Vermont is not known for softball, it’s gonna be after we get done.”
