Baseball In Hungary Foundation
Tuesday February 9th, 2010 Tags: adó 1%, alapítvány, MOBSSz | No Comments »
For Baseball in Hungary Foundation: 18069541-1-42
The ”For Baseball In Hungary Foundation” has been eligible to recieve 1% contributions for years. The money is used to support youth baseball programs based on recommendations by the Hungarian Baseball and Softball Federation. Thanks in advance for your support!
Indoor Slowpitch Softball Tournament 2010
Thursday March 11th, 2010 | No Comments »
The first Indoor Softball Tournament took place during the MOBSSz Winter Training Week in Nagykovácsi. Some of the players cancelled just before the event for various reasons, but still 26 players showed up from 5 different clubs to play some ball. The organizers formed 3 teams, Jászberény Stinky Sox had 5-5 players in Team A and B, and the roster of both teams were filled up with other individually registered players. The third team was the Szentendre Sleepwalkers. Teams played a round-robin and after that the Top 2 teams played a final game. The final between Jászberény B and Sleepwalkers was a nailbiter, the teams were head-to-head till the end. But at the end Jászberény B got the lead and was able to hold onto it and took the championship! Congrats to them!
More pictures: Mark Adambaum’s picasa gallery
(Magyar) A nagykanizsai játszótértől a német élvonalig
Tuesday March 9th, 2010 Tags: nagykanizsa ants, nb1, National Teams | 6 Comments »
Simon Gühring: The Door is open for everyone
Thursday February 25th, 2010 Tags: edzés, edzőképzés, Simon Gühring | 6 Comments »
Photo by Mark Adamsbaum
The Hungarian Baseball and Softball Federation (MOBSSZ) hosted a very illustrious guest at the American School in Nagykovacsi, as Simon Gühring joined us this past weekend during our Winter Training Clinic. The captain of the German National Team, was invited to Hungary by MOBSSZ to help making baseball more popular in the country. The player/coach of Heidenheim Heideköpfe, one of the TOP10 teams in Europe, was available for this interview after his first day here.
-Is this your first time in Hungary?
-Yes, unfortunately I never had the chance to visit this country, but so far I like it a lot. So far I’ve only seen Budapest at night, and it’s constantly raining, but I like the Palace and the Chainbridge a lot.
-You came as a guest coach. How did you get in touch with the Hungarian Federation?
-My brother, David, was here in November and he met Terry Lingenhoel. He gave my contact information, and after a few emails he convinced me to come over and help train players during the clinic. I worked with the Junior and Senior National teams on Saturday and will work with other interested Junior and Senior players on Sunday. Unfortunately I cannot stay longer for the rest of the clinic, because my family and work needs me back home. The facility is beautiful. Fully equipped gym, swimming pool…
-Tell us something about the beginnings. When did you first grab a bat?
-An American Christian team played in Mannheim, when I was 11, and their coach gave me one. That was the first time I had seen baseball. Half a year later, a first division team held its training camp in my city of Leonberg. That’s when I first played the game. My brother asked me to go to the open practice with him. He chose soccer later on. I also played soccer, when I was younger, but ended up playing baseball. My first team was Leonberg. We played in the fourth division, but all of a sudden a shopping mall was built on the field. That’s how I ended up in Heidenheim. Read the rest of this entry »
Szentendre Sleepwalkers – with new coach for a giant step
Wednesday February 3rd, 2010 Tags: szentendre sleepwalkers | 1 Comment »
From March Szentendre Sleepwalkers will be strengthened by an American coach. Anthony Bennett has baseball as his profession: since 1995 he has been professional player and coach around the world. He has a degree in Physical Education, studied sport medicine, nutrition, exercise physiology and rehabilitation at San Francisco City College and West Valley College in Saratoga, California. After college he was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers, spent several years at different teams in the Minor Leagues, and also in Australia and Europe. He worked at clubs in the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland where he also coached the U18 national team. He played an important role in making Draci Brno one of the top teams in Europe, and was the only coach up to this day to lead a second division team into the final four of the Czech National Cup. He spent his last season at Nekketsu Making in the Japaneese Industrial League.
Anthony’s motto: “Winning is not everything, it’s the only thing”. In his former teams he was known as a confident, charismatic leader with attention to his players, and a good sense of motivation and communication with any age group. Though he does not speak Hungarian, being a certified teacher of English as a foreign language he may be helpful at the practices to improve the language skills of the players as well.
In Szentendre he will be the head coach of the senior, junior and softball team, and the Sleepwalkers can count on him as a player as well. He will also be responsible for recruiting, developing talents, and promoting the game. Besides the Sleepwalkers he will be involved in several programs of MOBSSZ (National Federation), sharing his knowledge not only in Szentendre but the whole Hungarian baseball community.
Anthony Bennett has signed an agreement with the Sleepwalkers for the coming season so far but both parties are open to a co-operation for a longer term.
In March you will find a longer interview with him on the website of the team (www.sleepwalkers.hu). If you have any questions you would like to ask him leave a comment here before the end of February!
