Welcome Bombers Leah Fletcher 18 U Julie Graf

Welcome Bombers!

Leah Fletcher 18 U Julie Graf 18 U Pitching Coach Bob Makela 16 U Board Treasurer 18 U and 16 U Coaching Staff

Brian Jeanson 13 U Board Member Megan Thurow 12 U Tom Thole 13 U Cliff Yandle 14 U, 13 U and 12 U Steve Snedeker 12 U Program Director Coaching Staff Heather Thurow 14 U

Kristi Ehlers President Debbie Lang Vice President Stephanie Lyons Secretary- retiring Kayla Hatting Recruiting Advisor, Catching Coach Additional Board of Directors Members

Minnesota Bombers Philosophy • One of the earliest Club organizations (under MN Sting), formed in 2005 • Operate as a non-profit organization to bring the most value to our players and families • Made transition to Bombers in 2019 to bring more access to tournaments, recruiting, national brand recognition • We believe in the team coaching philosophy, you will see that at winter training • We want to help the players achieve their dreams of playing softball at the next level through focus on player skills, encouraging strong academics and being a good teammate.

COVID Protocols

Winter Training • November- March • Sunday 1 -4 pm Dundas Dome • 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20, 1/10, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7 • Mondays The Cages in Burnsville • Teams will be assigned a Time Slot between 5 -6 (3 teams) and 6 -7 (2 teams) • November 2 nd, 9 th, 16 th, 23 rd, 30 th December 7 th, 14 th • January 4 th, 11 th, 25 th February 1 st, 8 th, 22 nd and March 1 st • Pitchers/ Catchers Thursdays Tru. Playerz in Rosemount November- January- December 3 rd, 10 th, 17 th *5 pm-8 pm February- 5 th, 12 th, 19 th *5 pm-8 pm 7 th, 21 st, 28 th *5 pm-8 pm 4 th, 11 th, 18 th, 25 th *5 pm-6 pm & 7 pm-9 pm March- 4 th *5 pm-8 pm

Bombers Fastpitch FREE Speed and Skills Clinic September 29 th 6: 00 pm 7: 30 pm This FREE Clinic, located at Training HAUS in Eagan, MN, will provide a sports performance training platform achievement. Our strength and conditioning team and skills coaches will help build the total athlete, while redu risk of injury through evaluations and program design. Every athlete will be challenged and empowered to iden pursue, and achieve their personal goals. BENEFITS Training HAUS sports performance programs are so much more than weightlifting. Using dynamic exercises a cultivate performance qualities beyond foundational strength. We will put the athlete in their position-specific e to simulate game like scenarios, resulting in a more complete athlete with distinct competitive advantages that • Reactive Agility • Explosive Acceleration their sport. • Baserunning • Protective Stability and Injury Prevention • Effective Running Technique Instruction COACHES: Training HAUS team has over 30 years of combined sports performance experience. From NFL NBA, MLB, and other professional sports through youth development, our staff has trained them all. • Arm Care • Pitching and Throwing Mechanics • Hitting Instruction Julie Graf, our softball skills coach is a collegiate softball player, NFCA All-American, 3 x All-Region, MIAC Ca Strikeout leader and 3 rd year club team coach.

Codes of Conduct Available on website under Teams> Code of Conduct

Recruiting Insights • Recruiting Education Zooms (approx. Sept, Nov, Feb, April) • Topics (email me with other interested topics!) hatting@stolaf. edu • • Recruiting timelines What college coaches look for Conversations with college coaches: what to ask and how to express interest Virtual Combine (and other recruiting resources): how to properly use them to your advantage! • Short Term • Send emails BEFORE each tournament • Include team, jersey number, time of game, field number • Update videos and information on recruiting sites to be easily found • Understand: it is NOT your club coach’s job to get your recruited! That’s YOUR job!

Player Tuition Payments Three Payment Options • Pay in full by Check or Venmo • Pay monthly by credit card • Through Sports. Engine, they do have a processing fee • September 5 th – May 5 th • Pay monthly by check • Nine checks made out for monthly fee and submitted to Treasurer- payable to MN Bombers • Dates should be the 5 th of every month, September through May • Checks will be cashed each around the 5 th of each month • Other payments- hotel buyouts, team a la carte tournaments, etc. • Preferred payment method is Venmo

Uniforms and other apparel • Stephanie transitioning to Deanna Jensen from 13 U team • Player Package for 2020 (pre-selected by the Bombers) is on the way- Black helmets are required. • We will also order the Black Retro and White Shark Uniforms • For new players the cost will be $130 in Nov and $130 in February • Additional uniform pieces to purchase on your own: • Pants: Black and white pants (any brand), • Socks and Belts white, black and columbia blue belts and socks. The belt and socks should always match. White socks worn with stirrups. • Bombers fastpitch store, www. bomberswebstore. com • Black. Star Athletics, www. blackstarathletics. org • Easton Elite – order through Bombers webstore • New Balance cleats/turf - https: //www. newbalanceteam. com/team/member/order? order. Id=58024&sc_src=email_64358&sc_lid=7878261&sc_ui d=Yk. Vt. QMip 04&sc_llid=1586&sc_eh=64 ddf 745451 e 05901&utm_source=email&utm_medium=emarsys&utm_campaig n=DTT_Optional. Gear. Store • Sweatshirt and jacket order coming. Will be coordinated by team. Deanna to coordinate

2020 Player Package 2 Dri-fit Shirts Bomber Carolina Retro Uniform Easton Cage Jacket with Bomber Retro Logo Custom Bombers Shorts Bomber Visor

Fundraising • Stephanie will still lead; we need additional volunteers to support these efforts • Each team needs a coordinator, collects, consolidates orders and counts all money • Individual fundraising • Shop with Scrips (Ongoing) www. shopwithscrip. com Enrollment code: 6 DC 9193165195 • Simply. Sheets - Bedsheets, pillow and towels (September) orders due 9/25 • Gertens (Holiday Greens-October & Flowers-March) orders due 10/9, delivery 11/18 • Heggies Pizza (January) • Coffee? ? November for Xmas presents? • Required Organizational fundraiser- Queen Bee