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Coaches Clinic and Hitting Clinics @ Zoned Sports Academy with New York Yankees Hitting Coach Kevin Long
Coaches Clinic and Hitting
Clinics @ Zoned Sports Academy with New York Yankees Hitting Coach Kevin Long
Friday, January 10th:
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Coaches Clinic
7-9 p.m.
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$99
A seminar on teaching the
correct hitting mechanics and approach at the plate for coaches of all ages and
abilities, from little league to college.
Saturday, January 11th:
Players Hitting Clinic (2
Sessions)
5-7 p.m. OR
7:30-9:30 p.m.
$149
Each individual registrant
will work 1-on-1 with Kevin Long, as well as rotating through a number of
hitting stations with Zoned's professional hitting instructors.
Kevin Long Career
Information:
Kevin Long has been the
Yankees hitting coach since 2007, helping lead the team to a World Series
Championship in 2009.
He was originally selected
by the Kansas City Royals in the 31st round of the 1989 First-Year Player Draft
and played in their system for eight years from 1989-96 as an outfielder...Led
Class-A Eugene in 1989 in almost all offensive categories, including games
played, at-bats, runs scored, hits, doubles and RBI...ranked eighth among all
Northwest League hitters with a .312 batting average in his rookie season...
He was named a second-team
All-American and first-team PAC-10 in 1989 at the University of Arizona a
three-year letter-winner, Long still holds the Arizona record for most
extra-base hits in a game (five) and ranks in the top 10 in several
single-season statistical categories: third in extra-base hits (41), tied for
seventh in doubles (23), eighth in multi-hit games (30), ninth in total bases
(162) and tied for ninth in runs (80).
Zoned Sports Academy
24E Kearney Street,
Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807