The Ryan Douglass Field of Dreams Baseball Clinic is for 6 to 12 year old boys & girls and consists of 6 Stations – Hitting, Pitching, Infield, Outfield, Rundown/Pickle and Base Running. These clinics are held at various athletic associations around the Pittsburgh area.

These clinics help to encourage and increase children’s interest in baseball/softball and also give them the self esteem they need for teamwork concepts. The children that participate will learn the correct fundamentals for baseball/softball for future use and an overall knowledge of the sport.

Whenever children first arrive they will sign in and receive a shirt to wear during the clinic. The clinic starts out with an introduction of Ryan Douglass and his coaching staff and what will be going on during the clinic. Next, the children line up behind cones in thier age brackets and begin to get loose with jogging, high knees, butt kickers, sprints, etc. Then they walk out in that same line to face Ryan and start their stretching.

After stretching, Ryan will show the proper throwing mechanics of playing catch before a game, or practice, in which they will do at their beginning station……always aiming for your partners chest. They will play catch to loosen their arms for about 10 minutes. Once throwing ends, the stations begin.

The 6 stations are roughly 15 minutes long. After 15 minutes, an AIR HORN will go off and that group will rotate to the next designated station. After, the six stations are over for each group the children once again gather around Ryan for a brief recap of the clinic. Then they walk through ‘High Five Tunnel’ formed by the Coaches and then pose for a picture.

Leaving the field each child receives a RDFOD Swag Bag of cool items, bottle of water, coupons for Dicks Sporting Goods and a raffle ticket for prizes that are given away – Bats, Batting Gloves, Helmets, Bat Bags, Trading Cards, Sunglasses, etc.