| 2019 Winter Fundamental Skills Clinics (born 2006 - 2011) |
We are now accepting registrations for the Winter 2019 Fundamental Skills clinics. Girls whose birth years are from 2006 to 2011 (inclusive) and played in the Taunton Girls Softball League during any of the 2018 seasons (or are registered for Spring, 2019) are eligible to participate. There are a limited number of slots available in the skills clinics and eligibility will be strictly on a first registered and paid, first served basis and only fully paid players will be assigned clinics time slots. Olivia Berry, Head Coach at Emmanuel College will be running these clinics.
The 2019 Winter Skills Clinics are to be held at the Benjamin A. Friedman Middle School Gymnasium, 500 Norton Avenue, Taunton, MA. Skills clinics are 60 minutes long and run on Wednesday nights beginning January 2, 2019 and ending February 6, 2019. There is one time slot 6:00pm - 7:00pm. This clinic will instruct the girls in basic softball skills to carry them into the Spring, 2019 travel/recreational seasons and beyond.
http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=TGSL&s=softball&p=registration&formID=50063
Should you have any questions please send an email to programdirector@tauntongirlssoftball.org.
| Olivia Berry - Winter Skills Clinics Instructor |
Olivia Berry, Head Softball Coach at Emmanuel College, is our 2019 Advanced Skills Clinics Instructor. Berry brings a strong softball pedigree to our TGSL program as both a coach and a former student-athlete. Prior to being named as Head Softball Coach at Emmanuel College, Berry was an Assistant Softball Coach for two seasons at Wesleyan University where she helped lead the Cardinals to a total of 33 wins over two years. Prior to her coaching stint at Wesleyan, Berry began her collegiate coaching career at Emmanuel as an Assistant Coach during the 2015 season in which the Saints won a then program-record 20 games and advanced to the GNAC Semifinals for the first time in 12 years.
As a collegiate player, Berry played at Division III Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut from 2011 through 2014. She split time as a catcher and designated player and over her career played in a total of 106 games including a career-high of 32 contests her sophomore season.
Berry was named a tri-captain her senior season and over her career helped the Bantams post a total of 67 wins including 22 her rookie campaign in which she helped the team advance to the NESCAC Championship game against nationally ranked Tufts University. Berry finished her collegiate career with 67 hits including 15 extra base hits, 44 RBI, a .382 On-Base Percentage to go along with a .355 Slugging Percentage. She ended her career with 49 walks to rank second all-time in program history for bases on balls.
She was named to the NESCAC All-Sportsmanship Team in 2014 and was also a part of the NESCAC Women's Coaching Symposium.
Olivia looks forward to sharing her softball skills with the girls at Taunton Girls Softball league.
| Additional Skills Clinic Information |
- Please make sure that whatever your child brings to the clinic is marked with her full name so that it can be returned if it is left behind. (Our lost and found grows with every clinic.)
- Send your child to the bathroom before clinic so we can limit the number of children coming and going during the session. You can also send water or juice, as it gets warm in the gym.
- Dress your child in comfortable clothes, preferably in layers, not too loose and/or bulky. The child should be able to move freely. A good fitting T-shirt and a sweatshirt work perfectly. Sneakers are a must! We are on the school’s gym floor.
- PLEASE DO NOT drop your child off at the school without first making sure that a clinic is being held. You must walk your child into the school as a safety precaution. You are required to come in to get your child, as no child will be allowed to leave the building without a parent.
- When the winter months arrive, bad weather will also be close behind. If the weather is bad and school is cancelled or released early, we will not have clinic. We will put a message on the league website Field Status page and Facebook page and will also notify folks via text message using RainedOut.com if clinics are cancelled. Please go here for more information on receiving text messages from the league about cancellations. No refunds will be given or makeups scheduled for clinic cancellations due to school weather related closings.
- Please note that there are no clinics during February School vacation. Certain school events may also affect this schedule. Notification of any changes will be posted at the registration table and on the league website and Facebook page as soon as they are known.
- The members of the Taunton Girls Softball League are the guests at the Friedman Middle School! Your cooperation in following school department rules will be expected. We will have access to the gym area only. NO ONE will be allowed in the main portion of the school and please be sure to supervise younger children if it is necessary to bring them with you to the school.
