CALKINS READY TO SWINGAWAY.Byline: GERRY GITTELSON Community Sports Valencia resident Gary Calkins has joined SwingAway, makers of the popular baseball training device used by all 30 major-league teams as well as colleges, high schools and youth leagues across the country. Calkins plans on distributing SwingAway devices in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. and beyond. SwingAway allows users to take batting practice indoors without having to chase balls, with the ability to adjust the location of the ball in and around the strike zone. The SwingAway suspends a baseball in midair rather than on a tee. The ball is held in position by tether tether to tie an animal up by the head or neck so that it can graze but not move away. See also barton tether. cords than can be adjusted for height and depth, as well as inside and outside pitches. Repetitive swings allow a player to isolate and improve each swing element while developing muscle memory, hand-eye coordination hand-eye coordination Eye-hand coordination Surgery Oculomanual synchronization, required by surgeons, especially for laparoscopic surgery. See Laparoscopic surgery, Paradoxical movement. , bat speed and follow-through. ``It's like hitting the ball off a tee, but you don't have keep teeing up it again,'' Calkins said. SwingAway also has launched ``Simply Hitting,'' an interactive CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . ``We know that our SwingAway training machine has allowed thousands of players to improve their skills, and we feel that our instructional series will exponentially ex·po·nen·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to an exponent. 2. Mathematics a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. b. do the same,'' Calkins said. ``Our mission is to have no player go uninstructed.'' For information, call Calkins at (661) 733-5543. --Basketball hopefuls wanted: The Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Clippers basketball club team will have tryouts at Santa Clarita boys' and girls' club. For information, call Ray Diaz at (661) 288-2928. --Add basketball: The Santa Clarita Sports Complex in Canyon Country will play host to a 3-on-3 basketball tournament Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Competition will be divided into six divisions, male and female: 10- and 11-year-olds; 12- and 13-year-olds; 14- and 15-year-olds; 16- and 17- year-olds; 18- and 29-year-olds; and 30-over. The top three teams in each category receive medals, and all participants receive commemorative com·mem·o·ra·tive adj. Honoring or preserving the memory of another. n. Something that honors or preserves the memory of another. com·mem T-shirts. ``The purpose of this event is to bring the community together in a positive and rewarding manner,'' said Sandy Lehmann, recreation coordinator. Registration forms are available through Sunday at the Sports Complex, 20870 Centre Pointe pointe n. In ballet, dancing that is performed on the tips of the toes. [From French pointe (des pieds), point (of the feet), tiptoe; see point.] Parkway, or by calling (661) 250-3758. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Valencia baseball player Matt Aidem works out with the SwingAway, a portable, self-contained batting-practice device used at all levels of the game. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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