The World-Renown ABCA Clinics are the highlight of the annual ABCA Convention and run the gamut of baseball topics over the course of three days. The 23 clinics, presented by ATEC, will run from Friday, January 6 through Sunday, January 8 and be held in the Delta Ballroom at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.
The clinic speakers at the ABCA Convention are arranged annually by the ABCA Second and Third Vice Presidents. ABCA Second Vice President Matt Noone of Babson College and Third Vice President Bob Whalen of Dartmouth College have put together an excellent lineup of speakers for the 2023 Convention.
The General Session will be led off by the 2022 NCAA Div. I National Champion Mike Bianco of Ole Miss. The lineup includes 11 NCAA head coaches, two Power Five assistant coaches as well as New York Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake and Boston Red Sox hitting coach Peter Fatse.
For the first time, the ABCA Diversity in Baseball Committee provided a speaker for the main-stage clinics. Dr. Scott Brooks, professor at Arizona State University, is presenting How to Bake Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into Your Program. One of the other highlights is sure to be Sam Cila from The Program, presenting "Take My Hand" – No Excuses and Taking 100% Responsibility.
Following every clinic presentation, the presenter will host a Question & Answer breakout session with attendees.
There is no better educational clinic experience for a baseball coach than attending the ABCA Convention. However, for those members who can't attend in-person, the ABCA also offers a Live Video Stream of the General Session clinics, General Session Q&A and Youth Coaches Session clinics.
All coaches who register for the in-person Convention or Live Clinic Video Stream will receive the entire on-demand clinic video set, which includes the General Session, Youth Coaches Session and Expo Theater presentations, in their ABCA account by February 1 after the Convention. All other ABCA members will receive access to the on-demand video set as part of their membership benefits on Monday, May 22.