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Day 13: Practice and Conditioning
Day 13 saw the players of the Dutch National Softball Team have another long outing on the field at ECTB Stadium in Allentown. Today, the players turned around several batting stations, including bunts and batting, but also fielding.
Hereafter, a scrimmage game was played. 'Team Orange', coached by Rob Walgien, struck early in the 5-inning game against 'Team Blue', coached by Mary-Ann Hatt.
In the first at bat, Chantal Versluis led off with a bunt-single, then scored when Nina van Huissteden hit a 2-run homerun with two outs. The runs proved to be the lone runs, so Team Orange won 2-0.
After the scrimmage game, a conditioning session followed. Conditioning and Strenghth Coach Rob Oskam had set up several stations. To perform at one of the stations, players had to throw a dice to see what stations they had to go to with a possibility of doing some stations more than one time.
When the conditioning session was over, the team went back to the hotel, take a shower and then went on to one of the meeting rooms in the lobby to watch videos. Hereafter, everyone was off for the night.
Another practice, another meeting
Kim Kluijskens and Debby Connor do a fielding drill
Marjan Smit (left) and Petra van Heijst turn for a bunt
Sandra Gouverneur (left) and Lynn Geertman during batting practice
Saskia Kosterink (left) and Britt Vonk conduct the bunt-drill
Dana Horeman (left) and Marloes Fellinger make contact
Assistant Coach Mary-Ann Hatt hits a fly ball, on the left is Kim Kluijskens
Physical Therapist Rob Oskam prepares himself by reading a magazine
Jolanda Kroesen (left) and Chantal Versluis during the fielding drill
Pitcher Rebecca Soumeru throws during the scrimmage game
A team-meeting, held by Coach Linda Wells, followed the scrimmage game
Debby Connor, Jolanda Kroesen and Saskia Kosterink
throw the dice to see what conditioning station they have to do
Nathalie Timmermans runs during one of the conditioning drills
In another drill, it is Marjan Smit, who's doing the running
Britt Vonk, Dagmar Bloeming, Dana Horeman and
Jolanda Kroesen have just diced for Station 2 again
Petra van Heijst, Nina van Huissteden, Kristi de Vries and
Saskia Kosterink are about to start their conditioning station
Action during one of the conditioning drills...
...and at one of the other conditioning stations
Ellen Venker and Anouk Mels working at a conditioning station
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