With the Addition of a Montauk Camp, Expanded Camp Sessions & An Instructional League for 14-16 year old
(Water Mill, NY) Hamptons Baseball Camp (HBC) celebrates its’ 11th year in business in 2014 with the addition of a new location in Montauk, NY, expanded camp sessions and an instructional league for 14-16 year olds.
Founded in 2004, by Eddie McCarthy, a career educator with over 27 years of experience as a youth coach, Hamptons Baseball Camp has always taken a unique approach to creating and developing a baseball camp based on several guiding principles:
“Learn, Practice, Play is the guiding mantra I run my camps by”, says Eddie McCarthy, Founder and Director of Hamptons Baseball Camp. ”Another doctrine I live by and coach by is: “Safety, Player Development, Cooperation, Competition.” McCarthy
McCarthy believes baseball is a ‘metaphor for life’ and is enjoyable to coach because of the infinite complexities surrounding team, individual and game strategies, not unlike those that are carried out in business and in life. He uses the game to provide countless teaching points to his staff and campers about baseball as well as life.
Besides coming from a background and experience as an educator and a coach, McCarthy comes from a teaching family in Washington DC where he and his brother started a successful baseball camp there over 20 years ago. Home Run Baseball Camp (HRBC) is still running in Washington DC, with additional camps in Brooklyn and the Dominican Republic. When McCarthy moved to NY, starting Hamptons Baseball Camp was a natural extension of everything he was doing before.
For over ten years, Hamptons Baseball Camp has attracted a diversified mix of locals, seasonal homeowners and short-term visitors (comprising an international clientele that the area attracts) to their camp at the Water Mill Community Club field on Nowedonah Avenue in Water Mill, New York. Campers of all levels are welcome. Focus is less on ability than a camper’s interest in playing. Through daily sessions, campers learn how to: run, stretch and throw, while building skills they will use both on the field and off, as well as creating bonds with other campers and staff that often last beyond the summer sessions. Many campers return in weeks and years that follow, with some coming back as staff. It is not unusual for HBC alumni to receive baseball scholarships to college from their training and experience at Hamptons Baseball Camp. Besides becoming scholarship ballplayers, many HBC and HRBC (Home Run Baseball Camp) alumni have gone on to become pro ball players and/or they have achieved other successes through their pursuits in business and the arts
Originally designed for children ages 4 through 13 years of age, who want to play baseball in a safe, positive, fun and learning environment, Hamptons Baseball Camp still caters to this core group. However, this year, the Camp has created an instructional league for 14-16 year olds who want to take their skills and practice to the next level. Emphasis throughout both age groups is placed on effort over talent, team concepts and core fundamentals. Also included are tips on diet, fitness, and intangibles like: hustle, sportsmanship and citizenship.
And where in the past, camp sessions were all located at the Water Mill Community Club field on Nowedonah Avenue in Water Mill, New York, this year, campers have the option of choosing a second location for the camp on Lions Field (Henry “Hank” Zebrowski Memorial Park) on Edgemere Street in Montauk, New York. The second location more easily accommodates residents of the East End in Montauk, Amagansett and East Hampton, eliminating their need for travelling to Water Mill.
Weekly summer sessions will run at each location from June through September from 9am-1pm each day of the week. Gates open at 8:30am each day (a half-hour early) for batting practice and there will be Extended Day Academy sessions until 2:30pm every day as well.
Tuesday and Thursday Instructional League for 14-16 year olds will be scheduled from 5-7pm through July and August on the Water Mill field only.
Additionally, Saturday sessions will run from 9:30am-12 Noon from late April through October (with the gates opening at 9am for batting practice).
Hamptons Baseball Camp also offers private parties for birthdays and other special occasions; individual or group lessons and more. Additionally, McCarthy is available to address groups about the game and the camp.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Edward McCarthy is a career educator, who has over 27 years of experience as a youth coach. McCarthy has taught at public and private schools, from the elementary school on up through the University Level. He frequently lectures at The Center for Teaching Peace in Washington, D.C. McCarthy is a 1990 Gatorade Player of the Year in Washington, D.C. He received a full baseball/academic scholarship to The George Washington University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science. He is also involved with Beisbol y Libros and the Impacta Organization in Consuelo, D.R. McCarthy has also played Centerfielder in the Annual Artists and Writers Game in East Hampton, NY over the last 10 years.
McCarthy has been coming to the East End of Long Island to visit with his grandmother, since childhood. McCarthy’s father, Colman McCarthy, a native of Long Island, is a former PGA golfer and standout amateur golfer.
Besides baseball, McCarthy enjoys such pastimes as: making music, surfing and reading. He is a devoted husband and the father of a two-year-son, Thomas, who is already looking pretty good on the field!
For more information, schedules and pricing and to register for upcoming sessions, visit the website at: www.hamptonsbaseballcamp.com: email: playball@hamptonsbaseballcamp.com or call 631-907-2566.
You may also visit the Hamptons Baseball Camp Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/
