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The 2009 WSU Fundamental Skills Baseball Camp is underway!
Participants will receive fundamental instruction on hitting, pitching, fielding, and catching. There will be station and drill work for all sessions concentrating on the fundamental approach to the game. New focus will be placed on strength and conditioning techniques and methods. Come prepared for participation. If you have a helmet, bat and glove, please bring them. All campers will receive a Wayne State Baseball Skills camp t-shirt.
Oakwood Sports Medicine’s Steve Domzalski, MPT, ATC, CSCS will conduct arm care talks during each session. Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn from Steve’s experience and knowledge. Oakwood Sports Medicine is dedicated to providing education to parents and athletes of all ages.
Remaining sessions are January 31st and February 14th from 8:00am to 11:00am. All sessions held on WSU campus Matthaei Complex.
The camp information can be found here , calling the WSU Baseball office at 313-577-2749 or email ah7006@wayne.edu
Last Friday, the Lady Chiefs of New Boston Huron went to work…off the court. The Girls Varsity Basketball team along with Head Coach, Brent Rodak, Assistant Coach, Mike Kudron and Oakwood Athletic Trainer, Stacy Gutierrez spent their evening learning and volunteering at Penrickton Center for Blind Children.
Penrickton Center was established in 1952 and is a private, non-profit five day residential and day care agency serving blind, multi-disabled children ages 1-12. Currently, Penrickton Center specializes in treating blind children with at least one additional handicap such as deafness, cerebral palsy, brain damage and/or developmental delay. Whether the children take part of the day care or the residential program, an intense program of training and care is provided to help each child reach their potential with acts of self-care and tasks of daily living promoted by the Concept of Active Learning by highly personalized involvement with the staff.
Penrickton does not accept any governmental financial support, nor do they obtain help from the United Way; and, because NO FEES are ever charged to families, all financial support is raised from individuals, service clubs, corporations, and foundations. Volunteers also play a huge role in the lives of these children. Penrickton Center teaches their volunteers how to promote independence with the children through play, as well as assisting with the therapy dog program, computer program and adaptive horseback riding.
The Lady Chiefs had a wonderful time learning many valuable lessons that Friday during their visit to Penrickton, but nothing was as priceless as the friendships they acquired with some of the children throughout their tour. Team Captains, Morgan Wright and Kayleigh Burden stated, “We had such a good time. All of us are inspired and can’t wait to go back at the end of the season!”
For further information about financial support or volunteer services at Penrickton Center for the Blind, please call (734)946-7500 or go to www.penrickton.com
Oakwood Sports Medicine has an immediate opening for a Certified Athletic Trainer. This position involves daily outreach services for a large high school for the school year as well as special event coverage through our program. Qualified applicants will have at a minimum, successfully completed the BOC exam and BLS completion. Contact us for more information.
The fresh start of a new year holds promise for people across many areas as new expectations are set. Attempts to reconcile the road to those expectations begins anew. Developing new habits can be challenging. It takes about 21 days to develop a habit (good, bad or ugly is still 21 days!)
When it comes to returning to or beginning an exercise program start slowly and work towards a goal each day, week and month. The big-picture goal is important but a person needs to have smaller accomplishments on the road to reaching the ultimate goal.
Keeping with the exercise example, going from couch to treadmill will evoke a flury of feedback from all muscle groups….”what did you just do to me?!?” That is negative feedback and discouraging. Gradual progression in cardio, weight training or other forms of exercise is essential to success. Gradual progression does not mean taking 5 days off after a session! The 2nd or 3rd day of exercise should contain enough variety so that the same muscle groups aren’t getting pounded every day.
If you have any questions about exercise program design, progression or goal setting, contact us.
New Year’s Day brought some dedicated cycling folks to Dearborn for the First Dozen Bicycle Tour. This annual event is a time to have fun with a purpose – getting in some early year mileage! The Cycling Saddlemen Bicycling Club puts on a solid event that includes the mayor of Dearborn at the starting line and hot beverages at the conclusion of the ride. For more information on the Saddlemen, go here.
