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Since its inception in 1994, the American Baseball Foundation Inc. has been successful in its role of an instructional center for both underserved youth in United States communities, (through the ABF Baseball & Academic Skills Instructional Course (BASIC); and also for youth from diverse communities on a worldwide basis.
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Inaugural Dugas & Cain Summer Baseball Bash Saturday, August 14th 2010
For ticket information contact David Osinski, American Baseball Foundation, at
205-558-4235 or email: abf@asmi.org
The American Baseball Foundation would like to thank all the Baseball Lead Off Dinner Sponsors, past and present: Waste Management, Compass Bank, The Tutwiler Hotel and WJOX.
American Baseball Foundation principal programs include:
Pitching instruction is provided in these forms:
- Individual lessons for pitchers/hitters at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama
- Parent/player clinics in which instruction is given to the youth player and parent providing an opportunity for family education
- Pitcher development courses for volunteer coaches who desire to assist their players in prolonging their careers. The international version of the ABF pitcher development courses runs for three days
- Research related to pitching and the causal factors in youth pitching injury
Reading, math and sports programs for underserved children in the USA-
- Baseball & Academic Skills Instructional Course (B.A.S.I.C.) combines reading and math related to baseball along with sport skill instruction that has encompassed baseball, softball, soccer, tennis
- BASIC summer lasts for one or two weeks, offering elementary school children a full range of activities that relate to character development, healthy lifestyles and love of reading
- BASIC after school that reorganizes BASIC summer curriculum into two-hour blocks for children who yearn to broaden their school experience
- BASIC in school that delights children during the school day with a combination of reading and safe baseball/softball activities in a fun environment.
International Baseball Development
- ABF educational programs for developing baseball countries include coach education courses, equipment donation and specialized schools related to pitching with the objective of partnering to provide a higher technical level to the youth playing baseball in the hosts countries.
- International competition in the form of taking youth teams to underdeveloped countries to promote international exchange both culturally and in the sport setting.
