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Skills Camp Description
Join in on this 2-day skills camp for baseball & softball 7-12U players during Mid-Winter Break this February. This camp is ideal for ball players who want to be versatile in a variety of positions to up their skills and their value for teams they play for and try out for in the near and distant future.
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Each day is jam packed with drills, games, and challenges that are FUN so kids continue to develop their love and passion for the game while learning a ton! ​
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The Clinic Focuses on;
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Developing fundamentally sound, versatile ball players
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Teaching & drilling proper infield footwork and throwing mechanics in a variety of situations
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Outfield stance, footwork, and throwing mechanics
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Batting technique & mechanics to improve efficiency and enhance bat velocity
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Arm health & throwing strength
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Clinic Age Groups & Dates:
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Coach Dan
Dan Flanick is from the Hudson Valley, New York where he grew up playing baseball from the time he could walk to his collegiate career.
As one of the regions top catchers in the late 2000s at Pine Bush High School, the same high school as legendary closer, Joe Nathan, Dan was invited to play for one of the top travel organizations around the country based out of Queens, New York, the Bayside Yankees. Following in the same footsteps as dozens of professionals such as the well known Pedro Alvarez (former 3rd basemen for the Pirates) & Rocco Baldeli (former outfielder for the Rays & current Twins manager) he traveled around the country competing against national caliber talent from every region of America.
As a teenager, his talents led him to being invited to catch off-season bullpen sessions for professionals such as Wade Davis, former closer for the Kansas City Royals.
Summer of his junior year, Dan was offered a scholarship to a Division II school on Long Island, NY where he was a catcher for the Molloy College Lions.
After cutting his collegiate career short due to personal & life circumstances, Dan earned his degree in strength & conditioning.
He worked with athletes, including baseball players, at Cornell University followed by a grad assistantship at Baylor University where he continued his work with elite level athletes.
Once he graduated with his Master’s of Education in Pedagogy (Philosophy of Teaching) in 2015, Dan started his own strength & conditioning business in Nashville, TN before moving back North and starting SkanStrength in 2017.
For the last 10 years and throughout his teenage years, Dan has coached countless young people between the ages of 10-22 in a strength & conditioning and baseball setting.
He is an expert at coaching kids and practices a positive coaching philosophy through which he works to instill a great sense of confidence and self-belief in the youth he works with.
His instructional skills, baseball knowledge and IQ, and shear passion for helping youngsters become confident in their strengths is clear.
Instruction from Dan is filled with lessons that go beyond correct technique and utilize a great deal of sport-psychology to build physically and mentally resilient ball players
Gym Contact
Coach John
Bio coming soon...





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