2024 Clinic Schedule (2025 Schedule TBA this Fall)
2024 clinic schedule below - 2025 schedule will be similar in length with first sessions on Thursday evening, January 9 and final sessions ending at approximately 12noon on Saturday, January 11. Session times, presenters and program subject to change.
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| 2024 Session Times | 2024 Session Type | 2024 Presenter | 2024 Session Title | 2024 Location | 2024 Session Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:45pm - 8:45pm | Event Registration Open | Event Registration Open | Expo Center Pre-Function | General Event | |
| 6:00pm - 9:00pm | General Exhibitor Time | EXHIBITOR ZONE OPEN | Expo Center Floor | Exhibitor Time | |
| 6:15pm - 7:00pm | Break-Out 1 | Dr. Barry Davis, Rider University Head Coach | The Unseen Skills of The Great Coach: A Deeper Dive into Excellence | Earth Ballroom B | General Coaching |
| 6:15pm - 7:00pm | On Deck Sports Batting Cage | Todd Interdonato, Boston College Head Coach | Developing a Hitting Approach | Expo Center Floor | Hitting |
| 6:15pm - 7:00pm | Demo Infield presented by Salt City Sports | Steve Trimper, Stetson University Head Coach | Defending Against the Running Game: Position-by-Position | Expo Center Floor | Team Defense |
| 7:15pm - 8:00pm | Break-Out 1 | Butch Thompson, Auburn University Head Coach | Constraints, Coaches, Courage: Drills, Tools and Competition to Develop Pitchers | Earth Ballroom B | Pitching |
| 7:15pm - 8:00pm | Break-Out 2 | Steve Trimper, Stetson University Head Coach | Running the Bases Aggressively to Help Score Runs | Earth Ballroom A | Baserunning |
| 7:15pm - 8:00pm | On Deck Sports Batting Cage | NA | NA | Expo Center Floor | NA |
| 7:15pm - 8:00pm | Demo Infield presented by Salt City Sports | Dan Fiorito, New York Yankees | Outfield Fundamentals: Drills Demo | Expo Center Floor | Outfield |
| 8:15pm - 9:00pm | Break-Out 1 | Ty Blankmeyer, Duke University Coach | Individual Infield Skills | Earth Ballroom B | Infield |
| 8:15pm - 9:00pm | Break-Out 2 | Todd Interdonato, Boston College Head Coach | Catching 101 | Earth Ballroom A | Catching |
| 8:15pm - 9:00pm | On Deck Sports Batting Cage | Matt Kress, Driveline Baseball | PULSE and Pitching: Drills Included | Expo Center Floor | Pitching |
| 8:15pm - 9:00pm | Demo Infield presented by Salt City Sports | Todd Donovan, Philadelphia Phillies Scout & Ray Montgomery, Los Angeles Angels Bench Coach | The Art of Basestealing: An Interactive Walk Around the Bases to Discuss Baseball's Best Baserunning Secrets | Expo Center Floor | Baserunning |
| 9:00PM | Exhibitor Zone Closes for the Day | ||||
| 9:15pm - 10:00pm | Break-Out 1 | Nick Puccio, Penn State University Assistant Coach | Team Offense: It's About Scoring Runs - Building A Dynamic Offense in All Three Phases | Earth Ballroom A | Team Offense |
| 9:15pm - 10:00pm | Break-Out 2 | Jeff Hourigan, UConn Associate Head Coach | Practice Planning: Optimizing Your Time on the Field | Earth Ballroom B | Practice Organization |
| 10:00PM | Clinic Concludes For the Day | ||||
| 7:45am - 5:00pm | Event Registration Open | Event Registration Open | Expo Center Pre-Function | General Event | |
| Early Bird Session: 8:15am - 9:00am | Break-Out 1 | Mike Glavine, Northeastern University Head Coach | Practice Planning for Developing Hitters: Drills, Checkpoints, Videos, Etc. | Earth Ballroom B | Practice Organization |
| Early Bird Session: 8:15am - 9:00am | Break-Out 2 | Mark Leinweaver, MLB Agent & Motivational Speaker | Why Character Matters: An Interactive Workshop | Earth Ballroom A | General Coaching |
| 9:00am - 6:45pm | General Exhibitor Time | EXHIBITOR ZONE OPEN | Expo Center Floor | Exhibitor Time | |
| 9:15am - 10:00am | Break-Out 1 | Butch Thompson, Auburn University Head Coach | All 3 Acres: Overall Tips Through the Years for Head Coaches | Earth Ballroom B | General Coaching |
| 9:15am - 10:00am | Break-Out 2 | Dr. Josh Heenan, Founder and President, Advanced Therapy and Performance (ATP) | Buying Wins for Zero Dollars: Building Athletes & Culture Through the 90 MPH Formula | Earth Ballroom A | Player Development |
| 9:15am - 10:00am | On Deck Sports Batting Cage | Eric Campbell, Past MLB Player & Lumber2Leather Founder | Hitting Drills for Players of All Levels | Expo Center Floor | Hitting |
| 9:15am - 10:00am | Demo Infield presented by Salt City Sports | Steve Trimper, Stetson University Head Coach | Infield Drills to Improve Your Team's Defense | Expo Center Floor | Infield |
| 10:15am - 11:00am | Break-Out 1 | Mike Glavine, Northeastern University | Building A Team Offense the Northeastern Way | Earth Ballroom B | Team Offense |
| 10:15am - 11:00am | Break-Out 2 | Mike Leonard, Middlebury College & Devin Hayes, Detroit Tigers | Holistic Player Development for Today's Athlete: Acquiring New Content - PART 1 | Earth Ballroom A | Player Development |
| 10:15am - 11:00am | On Deck Sports Batting Cage | Chris Holt, Baltimore Orioles Director of Pitching | Getting the Most Out of Your Bullpen Sessions | Expo Center Floor | Pitching |
| 10:15am - 11:00am | Demo Infield presented by Salt City Sports | Nick Puccio, Penn State University Assistant Coach | Winning 90 Feet: The Art of Changing the Game on the Bases | Expo Center Floor | Baserunning |
| 11:15am - 12:00pm | Break-Out 1 | Dennis Pelfrey, San Francisco Giants AA Manager | Artistry of Coaching the Bases | Earth Ballroom B | General Coaching |
| 11:15am - 12:00pm | Break-Out 2 | Dr. Barry Davis, Rider University Head Coach | Program Building: Ordinary to Extraordinary | Earth Ballroom A | Program Building |
| 11:15am - 12:00pm | On Deck Sports Batting Cage | Peter Fatse, Boston Red Sox Hitting Coach | Hitting Demo #1: Building Your Lead Up Progressions from the Ground Up | Expo Center Floor | Hitting |
| 11:15am - 12:00pm | Demo Infield presented by Salt City Sports | Eric Campbell, Past MLB Player & Lumber2Leather Founder | Corner Infield Play | Expo Center Floor | Infield |
| 11:00am - 1:00pm | Association Member Meeting | NEIBA Meeting | NEIBA Meeting | Thunder/Harvest/Hot Suns Rooms | Association Member Meeting |
| 12:00pm - 1:10pm | EXHIBITOR TIME/LUNCH BREAK | EXHIBITOR TIME/LUNCH BREAK | Expo Center Floor | ||
| 12:15pm - 1:00pm | Break-Out 1 | Nick Puccio & Ty Blankmeyer with Wayne Mazzoni | Recruiting 2024: Get All Your Questions Answered - An Informal Q & A Session | Earth Ballroom B | Recruiting |
| 12:15pm - 1:00pm | On Deck Sports Batting Cage | Product Demo | Product Demo | Expo Center Floor | Product Demo |
| 1:15pm - 2:05pm | Break-Out 1 | Chris Holt, Butch Thompson & Mike McFerran moderated by Wayne Mazzoni | Pitching vs. Throwing: Where Have All the Pitchers Gone?: A Panel Discussion | Earth Ballroom B | Pitching |
| 1:15pm - 2:05pm | Break-Out 2 | Jeff Hourigan, UConn Associate Head Coach | Individualized Skill Development for the Offensive Player | Earth Ballroom A | Practice Organization |
| 1:15pm - 2:05pm | On Deck Sports Batting Cage | Paul Lancisi & Dove Tail Bats Staff | Dove Tail Bats - Training Tools Demo | Expo Center Floor | Product Demo/Hitting |
| 1:15pm - 2:05pm | Demo Infield presented by Salt City Sports | Nick Derba, University of Maine Head Coach | Catching: Blocking, Receiving & Using Stances Situationally | Expo Center Floor | Catching |
| 2:20pm - 3:10pm | Break-Out 1 | Roundtable led by Peter Fatse, Boston Red Sox Hitting Coach, with the Cleveland Guardians' AA Manager Greg DiCenzo, UConn's Jeff Hourigan, and Babson College's Matt Noone | Building a Team Offensive Identify from Amateur Baseball to the Big Leagues: A Hitting Roundtable with Audience Q & A | Earth Ballroom A | Hitting/Team Offense |
| 2:20pm - 3:10pm | Break-Out 2 | Mike McFerran, Wake Forest University Pitcher's Lab | Modern Pitching Development: Designing to Win | Earth Ballroom B | Pitching |
| 2:20pm - 3:10pm | On Deck Sports Batting Cage | Ty Blankmeyer, Duke University Coach | Infield Skill Acquisition in Small Spaces | Expo Center Floor | Infield |
| 2:20pm - 3:10pm | Demo Infield presented by Salt City Sports | Dr. Josh Heenan, Founder and President, Advanced Therapy and Performance (ATP) | Individualized Performance Enhancement Through a 10-Minute Warm-Up | Expo Center Floor | Strength & Conditioning |
| 3:25pm - 4:15pm | Break-Out 1 | Butch Thompson, Auburn University Head Coach | Building a Reliever: Role… Routine…Real Time | Earth Ballroom B | Pitching |
| 3:25pm - 4:15pm | Break-Out 2 | Mike Leonard, Middlebury College & Devin Hayes, Detroit Tigers | Holistic Player Development for Today's Athlete: Applying New Content - PART 2 | Earth Ballroom A | Player Development |
| 3:25pm - 4:15pm | On Deck Sports Batting Cage | Peter Fatse, Boston Red Sox Hitting Coach | Hitting Demo #2: "Making Practice Messy" - How to Add Challenge to Your Team's Training | Expo Center Floor | Hitting |
| 3:25pm - 4:15pm | Demo Infield presented by Salt City Sports | Dan Fiorito, New York Yankees | Position Specific Infield Drills Demo | Expo Center Floor | Infield |
| 4:00pm - 7:00pm | League Meeting | New England Collegiate Baseball League Meeting | New England Collegiate Baseball League Meeting | Wolf Boardroom | League Meeting |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm | Break-Out 1 | Nick Derba, University of Maine Head Coach | A Toolkit to Build and Enhance Your Catchers | Earth Ballroom B | Catching |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm | On Deck Sports Batting Cage | Zack Jones, Driveline Baseball | The Big Three: With Drills to Improve Your Hitting | Expo Center Floor | Hitting |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm | Demo Infield presented by Salt City Sports | Chris Holt, Baltimore Orioles Director of Pitching | Optimizing Your Pitcher's Success: Upgrading Their Arsenal (Deliveries, Grips, Etc.) | Expo Center Floor | Pitching |
| 5:30pm - 6:45pm | Exhibitor Zone/Expo Center | Coaches' Social presented by Snap! Mobile & Salt City Sports - Drinks, Snacks & Networking with Fellow Coaches and Presenters | Coaches' Social presented by Snap! Mobile & Salt City Sports - Drinks, Snacks & Networking with Fellow Coaches and Presenters | Expo Cente Floor | Coaches' Social |
| 6:45pm | Exhibitor Zone Closes and Clinic Concludes for Day | Exhibitor Zone Closes and Clinic Concludes for Day | |||
| 7:45am - 10:00am | Event Registration Open | Event Registration Open | Expo Center Pre-Function | General Event | |
| 7:45am - 12:15pm | General Exhibitor Time | EXHIBITOR ZONE OPEN | Expo Center Floor | Exhibitor Time | |
| 8:30am - 9:15am | Break-Out 1 | Dr. Barry Davis, Rider University Head Coach | Leadership and Program Building Roundtable | Thunder/Harvest/Hot Suns Rooms | Team Leadership |
| 8:30am - 9:15am | Break-Out 2 | Mike McFerran, Wake Forest University Pitcher's Lab | So You Want to Building a Pitching "Lab"? | Strawberry/Maple Sugar Rooms | Pitching |
| 8:30am - 9:15am | Break-Out 3 | Alex Trezza, Past Collegiate Coach & GameChanger | Unlocking the Power of GameChanger for Player Development: Simple and Free Video Management Approaches | Peeping Frog Room | Player Development/Technology |
| 8:30am - 3:00pm | League Meeting | New England Collegiate Baseball League Meeting | New England Collegiate Baseball League Meeting | Wolf Boardroom | League Meeting |
| 9:30am - 10:15am | Break-Out 1 | Dr. Josh Heenan, Founder and President, Advanced Therapy and Performance (ATP) | Baseball Strength & Conditioning Approaches: An Interactive Discussion | Thunder/Harvest/Hot Suns Rooms | Strength & Conditioning |
| 9:30am - 10:15am | Break-Out 2 | Dennis Pelfrey, San Francisco Giants AA Manager | Mastering the Art of Running the Bases | Strawberry/Maple Sugar Rooms | Baserunning |
| 9:30am - 10:15am | Break-Out 3 | Mike Regan & Tucker Regan, Mental Performance Mastery Certified Coaches | A Daily Mental Practice for Peak Performance | Peeping Frog Room | Mental Game |
| 10:30am - 11:15am | Break-Out 1 | Nick Derba, University of Maine Head Coach | IPS (Individual Position Skills): Everyday Fundamentals for All Positions | Thunder/Harvest/Hot Suns Rooms | Team Defense |
| 10:30am - 11:15am | Break-Out 2 | Matt Hyde, New York Yankees Scout | Preparing Players for the Next Level: What Scouts and Coaches are Looking For | Strawberry/Maple Sugar Rooms | Player Development |
| 10:30am - 11:15am | Break-Out 3 | Wayne Mazzoni, Recruiting Expert & Past D1 Baseball Coach | Today's Recruiting Process: Ten Things to Know! | Peeping Frog Room | Recruiting |
| 11:30am - 12:15pm | Break-Out 1 | Joshua Rodrigues, Baltimore Orioles | Leading with Fundamentals: Mastering the Art of Player Skill and Situational Development | Thunder/Harvest/Hot Suns Rooms | Player Development |
| 12:15pm | 2024 Clinic Concludes | 2024 Clinic Concludes | |||
Who coaches first base for your team and what are his responsibilities? San Francisco Giants AA Manager Dennis Pelfrey talks about the value of having a consistent presence coaching first base as part of his “Artistry of Coaching the Bases” session at last year’s Mohegan Sun World Baseball Coaches’ Convention.
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2025 Presenters
Jayson King
Assistant Coach
Vanderbilt University
Peter Fatse
MLB Hitting Coach
Boston Red Sox
Chuck Ristano
Head Coach
U.S. Naval Academy
Jim Penders
Head Baseball Coach
University of Connecticut
Eric Cirella
Head Baseball Coach
Salve Regina University
Ty Megahee
Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Florida State University
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