Softball Clinics in February

Ottumwa -- 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, February 5, 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, assistants Hilarie Droz and 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, February 12, 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 breakdowns by position, throwing, base running, sliding and the psychology of hitting.

The cost to attend the skills clinic is $30. Clinic participants need to bring workout clothes, tennis shoes, a bat and glove.

Registration forms for the pitching and skills clinics can be found on the IHCC website at www.indianhills.edu/athletics/softball.