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Line Drive Senior Softball Magazine |
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Spring 1997 |
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Senior players from around the country converged on the Orlando, Fla., area in January for Softball Winter Camp VI, conducted by Active Life Styles Inc. of Boonton N.J.
"The camp emphasis is similiar to baseball training," said camp director Al Schneider, "with teams being assigned players and the players wearing color-coded team shirts and caps. Friendly
competition and team parity through player trading is the theme of the four-day, 10 game program.
The camp, at the Seminole County Sports Complex in Altamonte Springs, began with a
get-acquainted party and concluded with a camp awards dinner the final night. Camp attendees, who paid $390 to sign up, included players from northeast, southeast, central and western states.
A mini-tournament included four Florida based 50's teams to challenge camp teams.
"Campers quickly learned the benefits of year 'round play and why the Floridians are so tough every year in
qualifiers and the Senior Softball World Series," Schneider said. |
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The team of mostly New Jersey players that won the camp championship, the Black Knights, was runnerup the previous year,
having added several players from Long Island, N.Y., to hold off last year's champ, the New Jersey-based Jolly Green Giants.
The camp is located at the home of the 1994 SSWS and is designed
for players of varying skill levels. Recreational league level players are side by side with regional and national tournament players. Each day began with stretching exercises, led by an aerobics instructor who
stressed, "No pain, no gain."
To learn more about the camp, contact Al Schneider at 1-888-335-3828, or send him an email at info@softballcamp.com. |
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