Fundamentals of baseball to be taught by coach Gonzalves

Coach John Gonsalves, long time resident of Seal Beach and former California State University Long Beach head baseball coach for 20 years is putting on 2 baseball academies for the summer season to instruct youth on the basic fundamentals and techniques of baseball. They will learn baseball etiquette/dress code, practice stretching and warm-up principles, learn throwing, receiving, and hitting, base running and sliding, and position plays.

The Academy is held Monday through Friday, August 9th – August 13th 8:30 am – 12:30 pm for ages 12 – 16 years. Each academy session will be held at Zoeter Softball Field, 12th Street and Landing and costs $200. Visit www.ci.seal-beach.ca.us.