Dan Duquette Sports Academy
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The Dan Duquette Sports Academy is a sports training center overnight and day camp with one- and two-week sessions for boys and girls ages 8 to 18. The academy features camps for baseball
, softball
, basketball
, soccer and football
. The Sports Academy also sponsors weekend tournaments for youth baseball teams ranging in age from 19U to 10U. New in 2010 is a Lo Ropes course available daily to groups which includes leadership training seminars. Coaches at the camp have high school, college and professional coaching experience.
There are three different sized baseball fields, four basketball courts, volleyball court, horseshoe pits, a 2 acres (8,093.7 m²) campsite on a spring fed fresh water lake for canoeing and kayaking and 80 acres (323,748.8 m²) of hiking trails. The camp uses latest technology, including digital teaching devices, enhances the training experience.
The academy was founded by former Boston Red Sox
and Montreal Expos
General Manager Dan Duquette
, and is based in Hinsdale, Massachusetts
. The baseball field at the Sports Academy also served as the temporary home of the Berkshire Dukes of the New England Collegiate Baseball League
in 2004 prior to the team moving to its permanent home at Pittsfield, Massachusetts
' Wahconah Park
.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, soccer and football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
. The Sports Academy also sponsors weekend tournaments for youth baseball teams ranging in age from 19U to 10U. New in 2010 is a Lo Ropes course available daily to groups which includes leadership training seminars. Coaches at the camp have high school, college and professional coaching experience.
There are three different sized baseball fields, four basketball courts, volleyball court, horseshoe pits, a 2 acres (8,093.7 m²) campsite on a spring fed fresh water lake for canoeing and kayaking and 80 acres (323,748.8 m²) of hiking trails. The camp uses latest technology, including digital teaching devices, enhances the training experience.
The academy was founded by former Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
and Montreal Expos
Montreal Expos
The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
General Manager Dan Duquette
Dan Duquette
Daniel F. Duquette is the Executive Vice-President of Baseball Operations for the Baltimore Orioles. He was the General Manager of the Montreal Expos from September through January and for the Boston Red Sox from through March...
, and is based in Hinsdale, Massachusetts
Hinsdale, Massachusetts
Hinsdale is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. The baseball field at the Sports Academy also served as the temporary home of the Berkshire Dukes of the New England Collegiate Baseball League
New England Collegiate Baseball League
The New England Collegiate Baseball League is a 12-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 42-game schedule during June and July, with a playoff in early August...
in 2004 prior to the team moving to its permanent home at Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County. Its area code is 413. Its ZIP code is 01201...
' Wahconah Park
Wahconah Park
Wahconah Park is a city-owned baseball park located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and nestled in a working class neighborhood. One of the last remaining ballparks in the United States with a wooden grandstand, it was constructed in 1919 and seats 4,500. The stadium is now currently home to the, yet...
.