The New England Catching Camp is please to report the following NECC students that graduated from high school in 2008 have been named to the rosters of the following colleges. Softball Rachel Wyrwa - Western New England Collage (D-3) Central Catholic HS Lawrence MA. Nastasha Powlowsky - Siena University (D-1) Alvirne High School Hudson NH Baseball Chris Tuttle - Misericordia University (D-3) Exeter High School Exeter NH Mike Greico - St Bonaventure University (D-1) Westwood Regional HS Washington Twp NJ Sean Reilly - Florida International University (D-1) ... Read More

It is always a costly venture for a college coach to come and see you play during the season. Many colleges have cut the budgets for trips related to scouting potential recruits. This has brought about the increased use by college coaches of recruiting skills video as a way of getting an initial look at players they may otherwise not have been able to see play. While skills videos are important for both baseball and softball players of all postions ... Read More

The New England Blizzard AAU program is pleased to announce its 2008-2009 tryout schedule. The Blizzard Organization will field teams in the 11U, 12U, 13U, and 14U age divisions. Open Tryouts will be held Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 5pm-8pm at In the Batters Box in Littleton Ma. Pre-registration is required. For more information go to www.newenglandblizzardbaseball.com

The New England Catching Camp is pleased to announce it will award one $500.00 scholarship this spring to a graduating New England High School student that has been a catcher on their high school team. This will be the 4th year this award has been offered. The scholarship can be applied for by either baseball or softball players. All applications received will be reviewed by a panel of NECC staff members as well as a group of individuals from business, education, ... Read More

The NECC Winter Workout Schedule for 2008-2009 is now online.  We will be holding sessions at Play Ball in Salem NH as well as a few sessions at In The Batters Box in Littleton Ma. Go to http://www.catchingcamp.com/programs/winter/ for all the details.

After an afternoon of watching playoff baseball -- Go Phillies! -- I figured this would be a great time to add the first catching-related post to our blog. Obviously, if we are talking about the ability to block the "out-pitch", we must assume the pitcher actually has an "out-pitch" and that likely reserves this blog entry to coaches of catchers who are at least over the age of 14. This doesn't mean this blog cannot be entertaining and a valuable source ... Read More