Craig Montvidas will be the ESCA Training Camp coordinator. Montvidas is the former Head Coach for the National teams of Great Britain and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Montvidas also coached professionally in the USA, his homeland.
Currently, he is a member of the WBSC Coaches Commission, having conducted Softball clinics in more than 20 countries. He has also coached more than 20 Olympic athletes spanning over a lifetime of Softball experiences around the globe.
ESCA is also pleased to confirm two highly talented National Team players join the Instructional staff: Elisa Cecchetti and Marta Gasparotto.
Cecchetti and Gasparotto played for Italy at the 2021 Olympic games in Japan. While Gasparotto is recovering from a knee injury, Cecchetti just took part in the 2022 Women's Softball, closing the tournament with an impressive .480 avg, winning the bronze medal game and the ticket for the first phase of the WBSC Women's Softball World Cup with the Italian Squad.
Both Cecchetti and Gasparotto attended the 2019 ESCA festivities, contributing and sharing their experience and knowledge with the participants. They received favorable praise from the evaluations received upon the camp's conclusion. Their enthusiasm and expertise were greatly appreciated.
The 2022 ESCA training camp will take place in Diessen, Netherlands, from Wednesday, October 26th - Sunday, October 30th. During the five days of camp, softball will be played and debated: the 5-day camp experience includes over 20 hours of training and game activities, plus an additional 10 hours of classroom workshop sessions.
The ESCA training camp is for youth softball players of all genders aged 13 to 22 and for all Softball coaches, from managers to assistant coaches, from youth-team coaches to experienced coaches, and also for beginners.
The European Softball Coaches Association (ESCA) is progressing forward in our effort to assemble a talented staff of Softball teachers, instructors, and experienced coaches best suited for this year's camp. Follow all of our ESCA updates by subscribing to the newsletter.
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