The multi-site Phillies MLB Youth Academy is comprised of both outdoor and indoor facilities to provide free, year-round instruction to the more than 8,000 Phillies Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) players in Philadelphia.
The Ryan Howard Training Center at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center in South Philadelphia is a new 7,500-square-foot, state-of-the-art training center added to the existing recreation and includes four retractable batting cages similar to those at the Phillies minor league spring training site in Clearwater, Fla.
The new center also includes space for fitness training, educational and vocational programs. In addition to this new facility, the academy consists of an outdoor location at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park in South Philadelphia with two baseball fields and two softball fields. The Philadelphia Area Chevy Dealers are a proud sponsor of the Phillies MLB Youth Academy.
America at Bat: The Color of Baseball is an educational piece that asks those utilizing the curriculum to examine, critically think about and understand the history of the Negro Leagues. The curriculum allows for an understanding of what was taking place in the United States, and at times, internationally, while the Negro Leagues were in existence.
Rhys Hoskins, Nick Williams & Mickey Morandini hoested a Youth Baseball Clinic at the Ryan Howard Training Center on January 15.
Youth Academy kids take part in a pitching and hitting clinic with Phillies Minor League prospects on Jan. 9, 2018.
A group of young ballplayers from Uganda pay a visit to Philly to play ball at the Phillies' Youth Academy Showcase Field.
Baseball and softball players were treated to clinics during Play Ball Weekend, supported by Chevrolet, at the Phillies MLB Youth Academy.
Sharon Robinson visited the Ryan Howard Training Center at the Phillies MLB Youth Academy on February 2 in honor of Black History Month.
Roman Quinn worked with area youth playing through the Phillies' Youth Academy on Monday, January 16 as part of an MLK Day of Service.
On Wednesday, January 11, the Phillies MLB Youth Academy played host to a baseball clinic instructed by several Phillies minor league prospects. Children from the Phillies RBI program were in attendance to go over fundamental drills for pitching, fielding and hitting.
The new Phillies Youth Academy was formally unveiled on July 21, 2016, and it was announced that the facility will be called the Ryan Howard Training Center. The 7,500-square-foot training center was added to the existing Marian Anderson Recreation Center, and it includes four retractable batting cages, plus space for fitness training, educational and vocational programs.
