Maricopa Little League schedules free clinics

It’s time to warm up those pitching arms and batting swings. Maricopa Little League is holding their fall baseball warm-up in two clinic sessions, scheduled for the next three Saturdays in November and two Saturdays in December. All clinics will be held at the Maricopa High School softball fields on Honeycutt Avenue.

Boys and girls who want to play better baseball and /or softball should participate in the clinics, which will stress fundamentals like throwing, hitting, catching, pitching and base running. Whether you are new to baseball or softball, or a returning player from last season, the clinics have some valuable techniques and tips to help you play the game even better.

A good batting stance is very important.

The clinics are scheduled as follows:

Saturday November 5th & 12th
8 a. m. – 10 a. m. Jr. Umpire Clinic
8 a. m. – 10 a. m. Ages 5 -8 Clinic
10:30 — noon Ages 5 – 8 Practice Games

Saturday November 19th, December 3rd & 10th
8 a. m. – 10 a. m. Ages 9 & up clinics
10:30 – noon Ages 9 & up Practice Games
Clinics will also be held for Jr./Sr. League and Girls Softball, ages 9 and up.

Maricopa’s 2005 – 2006 Little League Board of Directors are Tom Dugan, president; Kevin Arco, vice president; Michael Muriett, player agent; Tami Delgado, secretary; Dan Stensgard, treasurer; David Delgado, safety officer and David Chavez, umpire in chief.

Little League began in 1939 with three teams. Today it is the world’s largest organized youth sports program. A total of 180,000 teams, located in all 50 states and many foreign countries, exist today. The program’s goal then, as now, is to teach children sportsmanship and teamwork.

Clinic instruction helps with your hitting.

The clinics are free thanks to the following sponsors: Anglin Dairy Farm, AZ Production Machinery & Supply, AK-Chin Indian Community, Arizona Ranch Real Estate, Ahwatukee Realty, Akers Physical Therapy, Branding Threads Embroidery, Cropper Auto Center, D.R. Horton Homes, Dairy Nutrition Services, Dave Zaiser Realty, Do It Right Now Business Services, Estrella Gin Company Inc., Fidelity Title of Pinal County, First Baptist Church of Maricopa, Fitzgibbons Law Offices PLC, Mr. & Mrs. Michael Flatt, Friends Foto, Glenwilde-Element Homes, Hop Sing Restaurant, Judge Scott Sulley, LeCuore Properties LLC, Mail & More of Tempe, Maricopa Unified School District, Maricopa Self-Storage, Maricopa Animal Hospital, Maricopa Feed Yard LLC, Napa – Maricopa & Stanfield, Orbitel Communications, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, Pinal Feed Yard, Power 92.3, Red Bag-It, RecipeGoldmine.com, Ross Products Division, Santa Rosa Produce, Shamrock Foods, Sundance Manufactured Homes, Sunstate Bank, T & K Red River Dairy, T-Bird Farms Construction Co., TLC Pediatrics, Trails End Realty, Water N’ Ice of Maricopa

For further information, call the Maricopa Little League hotline at (520) 560 – 6017 or visit their website, www.maricopalittleleague.com.