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Top coaches, willing to share, knowledge and experiences is all waiting for you at the Palm Springs Coaches Clinic.
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- 2008 Softball Clinic: Getting to know the coaches.
The Palm Springs Coaches Clinic prides itself on getting some of the best coaches in the country to speak at our clinic. Letting them share their experiences and knowledge in a fun, relax learning environment. We want you to not only have a great and fun time, but we also hope you can come away with the knowledge and wisdom to take your teams to the next level of achievement and successes. See you in September!
Kelly Ford – Head Coach Mt. San Antonio College
Nine-year Division I coaching veteran and former University of Oklahoma star outfielder, Kelly Ford begins her 6th year at the helm of the Mt. SAC Softball Team. Ford began her coaching stint with Cal State Northridge in 1992 and then assisted her former college coach Jim Beitia (now with Tennessee), for the 1993 season at Oklahoma, before returning to Northridge in 1994. Prior to Mt. SAC, Ford coached two conference championship seasons with Cal State Fullerton, 6 conference championship seasons at Cal State Northridge and one season at University of Oklahoma. Every team she has been associated with has been ranked in the Top 20 and has advanced to NCAA post-season play. She has carried this winning tradition to Mt. SAC.
During Coach Kelly Ford's five years at Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC), the Mounties have won four straight South Coast Conference and Regional Championship titles. The athletes received numerous accolades: 36 All Conference selections, 13 All State, 9 All State Tournament team, 3 All American, and 14 All Southern California award winners. In her second year won there first State Championship Title, which included the State Player of the Year, Marcel Torres. Ford led the Mounties to their second State Championship in three years, all while recording the team’s best season record of 46-4 which included Mt. SAC’s Spring Athlete of the Year, Heather Slettvet and 3 Easton All Americans. The team was awarded Easton Team of the Year.
Coach Ford has sent 39 players on to play softball at many different 4 year University. These athletes have gone on to play at: Long Beach State, Fresno State, Cal State Fullerton, University of Nebraska, Kansas University, Oregon State, as well as many others. Coach Ford has also sent one player directly to the Softball Pro League.
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Michelle Anunciation – Assistant Coach Cal State Fullerton
Michelle Anunciation, a volunteer assistant coach with the Cal State Fullerton softball program for the past two seasons, enters her third season on the Titans staff after being hired as an assistant coach on a full-time basis in August, 2007.
Anunciation takes over for the departed Gina Oaks, who resigned her position after two seasons to pursue professional playing opportunities overseas.
Among her many duties during her two seasons as the program's volunteer assistant, Anunciation worked with the team's slap hitters as well as the middle infielders while also serving as the team's video coordinator and handling the team's travel arrangements.
She joined the Fullerton staff after a standout playing career with the Titans' Big West Conference rival Pacific, earning All-Big West honors three times in her Tigers' career.
A native of Chino Hills, Calif., Anunciation prepped at nearby Diamond Bar HS where she was a four-year letter winner and a three-time All-Sierra League First-Team honoree.
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Don Slaught - Founder of RightView Pro and MLB Hitting Coach
Don Slaught is considered to be a passionate student of the game. This has been true from his Little League days, throughout his years in the Majors. He attributes his longevity to his commitment to learning and improving. The evidence proves this out. In his first 8 years in the Big Leagues he hit .269 compared to his last eight years where he averaged over .300 and in is final 5 full seasons, he had a .310 average. Don said he didn’t get any stronger or faster but he did get smarter. He said it was the elimination of some poor information and the understanding of some good information on both mechanics and his approach that allowed him to improve late into his thirties. It was this renovation that led him into coaching and the eventual development of RightView Pro. What took him years to understand can now be seen and understood very easily at even the earliest levels of Softball. Since retiring in ’97 Don has spent most of his time coaching at just about every level from little leaguers to Major leaguers. He was most recently the Big League Hitting Coach for the Detroit Tigers in 06. Don is quick to point out that the success of a coach is not based on knowing how to hit but rather on knowing how to get others to hit. They are two different skills. The goal of RVP was to speed up the learning curve by developing a system to allow coaches and players to see, understand, and communicate more effectively. ^Back To Top^
Dee Dee Weiman-Kingsbury - Cal State Fullerton
Cal State Fullerton Assistant Coach Dee Dee Kingsbury returns for her sixth season overall on the Titans' bench and her third as Head Coach Michelle Gromacki's top assistant. Hired to her post prior to the 2003 season, Kingsbury will focus her efforts on the continued development of the Cal State Fullerton pitching staff and coordinating the Titans' recruiting efforts.Prior to joining the Titans, Kingsbury spent three seasons as an assistant at Wisconsin, helping the Badgers to three Big Ten Tournaments and appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 2001 and 2002.
Kingsbury coached the Badgers' first-ever first-team All-Big Ten pitcher in Andrea Kirchberg, who owns nearly every pitching record at Wisconsin. In 2002, Kingsbury, Head Coach Karen Gallagher and Assistant Coach Ali Viola were named the Speedline/NFCA Division I Mideast Region Coaching Staff of the Year, sharing the honor with the staff from Notre Dame.
As a player, Kingsbury was a member of the 1990 and 1992 UCLA national championship-winning squads while earning All-Pacific-10 Conference honors twice in her career and first-team All-America honors as a senior in 1994. A Honda Broderick Award nominee in 1994, Kingsbury finished her Bruin career with a 59-13 overall record, a 0.79 ERA, 746 career strikeouts and 16 no-hitters. Kingsbury's 359 strikeouts in 1994 stand second on the single-season record lists and had stood as the UCLA record until last season. Kingsbury also holds the NCAA career record for strikeout ratio at 10.4 strikeouts per seven innings. She continued her playing career in the Women's Professional Softball League, playing four seasons (1997-00) after being drafted as the 10th selection of the second round of the 1996 Amateur Draft. Kingsbury won the 1999 WPSL championship with the Tampa Bay Firestix and recorded the first strikeout, complete game, victory, save and shutout in team history. She was also the first pitcher to throw a perfect game in WPSL history, shutting down the Carolina Diamonds on Aug. 1, 1998.
Kingsbury was a two-time WPSL All-Star selection in 1998 and 1999, and ranks first in league history in games started (83), complete games (70), innings (640.3) and appearances (113). She ranks second in strikeouts (446) and saves (6) while ranking third in wins (46) and shutouts (10).
Upon her hiring, Kingsbury was reunited with her catcher on the 1993 ASA Women's Open National Championship in Gromacki, when the duo helped lead the Redding Rebels to the national title. Kingsbury graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1994. ^Back To Top^
Dave Bollwinkel - NBA Scout Chicago Bulls & Building Leadership Specialist
With over thirty years of coaching experience, Dave Bollwinkel is blessed with a wealth of motivational knowledge and teaching experience ranging from high school, through major college, and into the N.B.A. Dave is a scout for the Chicago Bulls, and was formerly the head basketball coach at Saint Mary’s College. Having been an educator and coach throughout his professional career he now combines these skills to speak, train, and coach across the country on a variety of issues that apply to teamwork and leadership.
As a professional speaker, Dave focuses on building better teamwork and enhancing leadership. Through his business, COACH On and Off the Court, he facilitates seminars, delivers keynotes, and provides coaching. All organizations benefit from better teamwork and this is reflected in his wide range of clients that include among others; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, UCLA, RINA Accountancy Corporation, Oakland School District, First Preston Management Inc., Yale University, Network Appliance Inc., and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Dave’s approach to team building has twice be featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and his interactive teaching style can be observed his two DVDs that are designed to assist in building better teamwork; Turn Your Team Into A Championship Team, and TEAM In Training.
Dave’s basketball coaching background includes serving as associate head coach at the University of Wisconsin in the Big Ten, three stints as an assistant in the PAC-10, as well as serving as an assistant in the Mountain West, WAC, Big West, and Conference U.S.A. From 1987 to 1992 he was head basketball coach at Division II Cal Poly University at Pomona. In 1991 his peers chose him California Collegiate Basketball Coach of the Year for the turnaround he accomplished in leading the Broncos to the top of their conference, an award he was again accorded following his first season as head coach at Saint Mary’s College.
Taking advantage of his coaching experience Dave Bollwinkel works on television as a color analyst for college basketball on Fox SportsNet, Comcast SportsNet, and the Mountain Network. His ability behind the microphone was formerly heard on radio, as the basketball analyst on “Bear Talk” following all University of California men’s basketball games.
A college athlete himself, Dave played football at both Princeton and the University of California at Berkeley, from which he graduated with honors in 1972. He also earned a Master’s Degree in athletic administration from Saint Mary’s College in 1983. Known as a superb teacher and motivator, Dave’s preparation and experience will provide you with a variety of ideas on how you can strengthen teamwork and enhance leadership.
Dave Bollwinkel
COACH
On and Off the Court
www.CoachOnandOfftheCourt.com
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Michael Butler B.A.; P.T.A.; CSCS; PES; NMT
Michael is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education/ Athletic Training in 1991. He currently holds a license as a Physical Therapist Assistant, Certifications through the C.H.E.K Institute as a level 2 practitioner, Paul St Johns Neuromuscular Therapy and as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and Performance Enhancement Specialist. He also holds certifications in Sports Nutrition, Metabolic Typing and is certified as a First Aid/CPR and AED instructor through American Red Cross.
Michael has been in the healthcare field industry for the past 20 years. He was the former Director at Rancho Physical Therapy in Palm Desert, where he has rehabilitated and trained athletes from all disciplines and has directed conditioning camps here in the valley for the past 4 years. Through his SwingFit program he has trained golfers both at the professional and amateur levels, and offered seminars in the prevention of golf injuries. Michael has also written weekly golf fitness articles for The Desert Sun . Michael sees the need to helping the youth reach their fitness/ wellness goals and to offer a high caliber of functional training skills to the athlete in the pursuit of reaching the next level, whether it be a division1 scholarship, or reaching the professional level in their sport.
Michael has been committed to his field for the past 20 years and is a strong supporter in the community offering his services to the American Cancer Society, Arthritis Foundation, ,Desert United Youth Soccer, Palms to Pines Rotary, Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce and the National Sports Wheel Chair Society.
Offering Services...
SwingFit Golf Performance Conditioning, Strength and Conditioning, Sports Specific Conditioning, Sports Conditioning Camps, Nutrition and Lifestyle coaching/ Metabolic Typing, Post Rehabilitation Services, Neuromuscular Therapy, Lactate Testing for Endurance Athletes, Comprehensive Postural and Fitness Assessments, Technical Training for Weightlifting, C.P.R. Classes through American Red Cross
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