Indian Hills Community College softball coach Jim Overturf has announced the dates for two youth softball clinics that will be held at IHCC in February.
A softball pitching clinic will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Tom Arnold Net Center on the IHCC Ottumwa campus for ages 8 through 18.
The clinic will be divided into two groups: one for those ages 8-12 from 10 to 11:30 a.m., and a second session for those ages 13-18 from 1 to 3 p.m.
The guest instructors will be Molly Cope, a former Indian Hills pitcher who went on to pitch at Morehead State (KY), and her sister, Penny Cope Freeman, a former pitcher at both Alabama and Nebraska.
The sisters were both all-state pitchers at Carlisle High School and Academic All-Americans in college.
All participants should bring a glove and tennis shoes and pitchers must have a catcher for the drills.
Coach Overturf, assistant coach Jennifer Sabourin and Indian Hills players will assist with the camp.
The cost to attend is $40. Registration begins 30 minutes prior to the start of each session.
The Indian Hills' coaches and members of the Warrior softball squad will direct a softball skills clinic on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Net Center.
Again, there will be two sessions: one for those in grades 4 through 7, from 9 a.m. to noon, and one for grades 8 through 12 from 1 to 4 p.m.
The morning session will emphasize skill development in hitting, throwing, fielding, base running and sliding. The afternoon session will emphasize hitting, defensive
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