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Fun with fundamentals
Former UGA baseball coach hosts camp
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A pitcher gets the speed checked on a pitch during a baseball camp put on by former University of Georgia coach Robert Sapp last week in Richmond Hill. - photo by Photo by Paul Floecker
Robert Sapp made his mark coaching college-baseball players.However, Sapp’s approach to his baseball camp for kids in Richmond Hill last week wasn’t much different from the methods he used in his years coaching at Middle Georgia College and the University of Georgia.“It’s still the same because I really believe in fundamentals,” Sapp said on the final day of camp. “Fundamentals in baseball are pretty much the same if you’re 9 years old or if you’re 18 years old.”So, each morning of the five-day camp was devoted to the players practicing the basics of hitting, pitching, fielding and base running. Only after that effort was put in did the 90 players — ranging from 7 to 14 years old — play organized games in the afternoon.“Travel ball has them caught up in wanting to play four or five games on the weekend,” Sapp said.
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