Baseball announces quartet of summer camps in June
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman head baseball coach Tom Griffin has announced the 2026 summer camp schedule that includes an all-phase camp, hitting camp, and the Catch, Block, Throw it Catching Camp over a multi-week window in June.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman head baseball coach Tom Griffin has announced the 2026 summer camp schedule that includes an all-phase camp, hitting camp, pitching camp and the Catch, Block, Throw it Catching Camp over a multi-week window in June.
The summer camp schedule begins with the all-phase camp from June 15th to June 18th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and will include games. Ages six through 12 are welcome, with a 150-dollar price tag for the camp. Players are asked to bring a glove and bat (if they have one). Players are encouraged to wear baseball pants for the camp.
Next up is a two-day hitting camp on June 22nd and 23rd for 75 dollars. Ages six through 12 will go from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. with ages 13 up to high school campers hitting from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The hitting camp will focus on the fundamentals and drills needed to develop as a hitter.
The pitching camp follows on June 24th and 25th, also for 75 dollars with the same schedule as the hitting camp. Six to 12-year-olds from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for the high schoolers. The pitching camp will focus on the fundamentals and drills needed to develop as a pitcher.
The summer schedule wraps up with the Catch, Block, Throw Catching Camp on June 29th and 30th. The camp will last from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for 7th-12th graders with a price of 250 dollars. Catchers need their own catching gear and glove. Turf or mold spikes only at the field. Lunch will not be provided.
Coach Griffin has more than 25 years of coaching experience at the college level. He has been a catching instructor and speaker at various camps and clinics in the United States and Canada. Griffin is the producer of "Catch It, Block It, Throw It," an instructional catching video. Follow his Twitter account of @catchblockthrow for tips and other insights. Almost four fresh hours of instruction, drills, warmups and everything encompassing the position can be purchased here.
The Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famer has taken his catcher's knowledge to the Catcher Con. Catchers Clinic Premier in Franklin, Tennessee. It's an annual catching clinic, that he has spoke at for the past nine years.
Griffin will cover techniques in the camp including stances, calling the game, mental aspects, receiving drills, blocking drills, throwing, plays at the plate, bunts, pop-ups and wild pitches.
For more information on these summer baseball camps, please email Tom Griffin at tgriffin@cn.edu.
