Kids ages 7 -13 can learn baseball fundamentals at clinics taught by former Cardinals players and coaches
ST. LOUIS, April 22, 2015 – Registration is now open for the 11th annual St. Louis Cardinals Kids Clinics presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.
Each year, the clinics provide all kids ages 7-13 with an opportunity to learn baseball fundamentals from former Cardinals players and coaches at a variety of locations throughout the greater St. Louis community.
“The Cardinals are fortunate to have more than 70 former players and coaches who call St. Louis home,” said Martin Coco, Director of Ticket Sales and Marketing. “That gives us a great pool of players to utilize for the Kids Clinics and a lot of names that both kids and parents will be excited about.”
The 2015 Kids Clinics schedule begins Wednesday, June 10 in Fairview Heights, Illinois, and includes 14 dates around St. Louis. New this year, the Cardinals will host a clinic in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
At each half-day clinic, several Cardinals alumni provide small group instruction on pitching, hitting, base-running and other baseball fundamentals. All participants receive a Kids Clinics goodie bag complete with Cardinals t-shirt, cap and two tickets to a 2015 game, as well as baseball cards for a special autograph session with the alumni instructors, and entry into prize drawings for great Cardinals items.
Last year, more than 1,100 kids participated in the clinics.
For more information, or to register for a Kids Clinic, fans may visit cardinals.com/clinics. Registration is $85 per camper, and instructors will be named online at a later date. The full schedule follows:
| Date | Clinic Location | Ages |
| Wed. – June 10 | Fairview Heights, IL (Longacre Park) | 7-9 year olds |
| Fri. – June 12 | Fairview Heights, IL (Longacre Park) | 10-13 year olds |
| Tue. – June 16 | St. Peters, MO (Woodlands Park) | 7-9 year olds |
| Thu. – June 18 | St. Peters, MO (Woodlands Park) | 10-13 year olds |
| Tue. – June 23 | Affton, MO Athletic Association | 7-9 year olds |
| Thu. – June 25 | Affton, MO Athletic Association | 10-13 year olds |
| Tue. – July 7 | Belleville, IL Khoury League (Main Fields) | 7-13 year olds |
| Thu. – July 9 | Manchester, MO Athletic Association | 7-13 year olds |
| Tue. – July 14 | Cape Girardeau, MO Shawnee Park Sports Complex | 7-13 year olds |
| Thu. – July 16 | Arnold, MO Athletic Association (Arnold Park) | 7-13 year olds |
| Tue. – July 21 | Highland, IL (Glik Park) | 7-9 year olds |
| Thu. – July 23 | Highland, IL (Glik Park) | 10-13 year olds |
| Tue. – August 4 | Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex: F Quad | 7-9 year olds |
| Thu. – August 6 | Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex: F Quad | 10-13 year olds |
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