Hopewell Baseball
HV’s Youth Baseball Winter Indoor Practice – Begins!
The snow might be building up in this very cold January here in Pittsburgh but that won’t stop Hopewell Youth Baseball. What seemed like all of Hopewell Youth Baseball filled the small indoor practice facility in Coraopolis last night to begin Spring training skills practice. The “parents room” was packed with families eager to get the training started!
These kids were ready! I have never seen so many Hopewell Youth baseball players packed into an off season practice, a testament to the current leadership and coaches here in Hopewell that continue to put in the volunteer time for our kids and our community. That’s what it’s about at this age, building the basic skills necessary to compete later if they choose and just have FUN playing the game!
All of this was made possible thanks in large part to new HYBBA Grand Slam Sponsor Liberatore Baseball Club, owned and operated by Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Adam Liberatore. Visit the Liberator baseball site if you’re looking for a good indoor facility for your team!
There is no shortage of mentions when a team wins a Championship Ring or Trophy, however that shinning moment took hundreds if not thousands of hours of hard work to achieve. Championships are forged in the quiet hours when athletes work on their own skills, fundamentals and fitness, not in the grand slam moment.
“We don’t take the off-season off. We use that time to improve, to stay in shape, to get better for the next season.” — Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates
Let’s hope our Buccos are putting in the amazing effort I saw last night from these Hopewell athletes:).
