Northridge Baseball Camps -
Northridge,
CA
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California State University, Northridge
is a vibrant, diverse university community of nearly 36,000 students and more than 4,000 faculty and staff, sited on a 356-acre campus in the heart of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. This summer Northridge Baseball Camps is proud to partner with the NIKE Baseball Camps to offer the NIKE Northridge Baseball Camps!
Directing the camp is Head Coach, Steve Rousey. Coach Rousey begins his eighth season as head coach of the Cal State Northridge Matadors and looks to 2010 as his next opportunity to help the Matadors improve on an eighth-place finish in 2009 as both he and his staff successfully recruited their second Top-40 class in as many seasons.
Prior to being promoted to Head Coach Steve was the top assistant coach at Northridge helping lead Northridge to a two-year record of 75-39 with the Matadors claimed the Big West title in 2002. Working primarily with the pitchers, Rousey saw his staff finish the 2002 season with 41 wins, 13 saves and 478 strikeouts.
Before settling at Cal State Northridge, Rousey's 12-year coaching career included stints at Long Beach State and Los Angeles City College. While at Long Beach State his staff helped the program make it to the College World Series semifinals in 1993.
Rousey has also coached with several summer collegiate teams, including as the pitching coach for the Alaska Goldpanners (`98-'99) and as the head coach for the Brewster Whitecaps of the prestigious Cape Cod League (`95).
As a top pitcher at Cal State Fullerton, Steve compiled an impressive 15-5 record with 120 strikeouts playing in the College World Series twice (`82 and `84), while helping the team to the national championship in '84. That season he compiled an 8-3 record with a 3.47 earned run average. A fourth-round pick by the Seattle Mariners in 1984, he spent five years playing professionally in the Mariners and Montreal Expos organization.
"We guarantee camp participants will develop their skills and abilities measurably more than any other camp they've attended!
Our camps are designed to improve baseball players ability to throw harder, hit farther, and run faster! We train players to increase velocity, bat speed, power and running speed! Our staff will also instruct players to improve their hitting, fielding, throwing, and pitching mechanics. If you are interested in improving your velocity, hitting power, and running speed, this is the camp for you! Come learn the proven training strategies that have helped Matador players increase their velocity 4-8 mph, their bat speed 8-12 mph, and their running times 2-5 tenth in 30,40 and 60 yd. sprints!"
Staff
Assisting Coach Rousey this summer is Matador assistant coach Mark Kertenian. Mark heads into his sixth season on the CSUN coaching staff and will help coordinate the pitchers and catchers along with first base coaching duties.
Matador assistant coach Rob McKinley also joins the Northridge Baseball Camp staff, entering his seventh season with Cal State Northridge in 2010. McKinley will be responsible for the Matador defense and base running and will coach third base.
The assistant coach came to Northridge after two years at the helm of L.A. City during the 2001 and 2002 seasons. McKinley ended his stay with the Cubs in style, winning the South Coast Conference title and earning conference coach of the year honors in 2002. In two seasons at L.A. City, he saw an impressive 17 of his players go on to play at the university level.
We are proud to offer players and their families a camp that provides a player to coach ratio of 8:1 or better at all times of our camps. Northridge Baseball camps only employs the very best coaches in the San Fernando Valley that includes: CSUN Matador Coaches, Local area College Coaches, Professional Players, Professional Scouts affiliated with Major League Baseball Teams and assistance from selected CSUN Baseball players.
Camp Features
· Hitting fundamentals
· Pitching and throwing mechanics
· Infield play
· Outfield play
· Bunting
· Instructional scrimmage games - Team concepts
· Drills for throwing harder, hitting farther and running faster.
Camp is conducted on home field of the Matadors located on Lindley Ave between Halstead Ave & Lassen. The new infield surface features bermuda grass and a dirt warning track encircles the outfield. The dirt portion of the infield is Dodger Mix, which is crushed brick and clay. In 1996, Cal State Northridge unveiled its newest addition to the ballpark, a state-of-the-art scoreboard, complete with animated graphics. The scoreboard, which also features inning-by-inning run totals, is located just behind the right field wall. Stadium dimensions are 325 feet down the left field line, 330 feet down the right field line, 375 feet to the power alleys and 400 fee to straightaway center field.
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