For the sixth consecutive year, the San Diego Padres will host a FREE instructional clinic for youth baseball coaches at Petco Park. The 2012 Coaches Clinics will be held Sunday, January 29, 2012 and will include instructional sessions for those who coach players aged 4-12. General session instruction will include age-appropriate skills and drills focusing on throwing, pitching, hitting, bunting and fielding. Two special sessions are being offered this year, concentrating on both base running and catching.
The 2012 clinic will be once again be conducted by Baseball ASAP, San Diego's premier youth baseball training organization specializing in private instruction, team training, seasonal camps, and coaches clinics. As the "ASAP" acronym stands for Accountable Student-Athletes Perform, Baseball ASAP programs foster personal development and growth through both academic and athletic activities.