Roving Coaches Clinics

Roving Coaches Clinics, designed by our ambassadors, bring the Twins Community Fund's expertise to your community, teaching coaching techniques across various aspects of the game for new and experienced coaches alike. Clinics are free for communities to host and free for coaches and parents to attend. Funding is provided by the Minnesota Twins Community Fund.

Clinics last between two and three hours, including time for questions and discussion.

We urge host communities to invite parents as well as coaches, so that parents can understand the techniques and drills that their kids are practicing and help implement them at home. The Twins Community Fund provides all the instruction equipment needed; attendees are asked to bring any materials they need to record notes. The more coaches and parents who attend, the better the young ballplayers in your community will be!

Minnesota Twins Community Fund Ambassador, Brian Raabe

Brian Raabe, Minnesota Twins Community Fund Baseball Ambassador

A six-time Minor League All-Star and batting champion, Raabe has been a key figure in youth baseball for several years as a leader, mentor, instructor and coach. As our Baseball Ambassador, he lends his experience and insight to lead clinics for young baseball players and coaches across Twins Territory.

Penny Foore-Minnesota Twins Community Fund Softball Ambassador

Penny Foore, Minnesota Twins Community Fund Softball Ambassador

An accomplished coach across high school, collegiate, and professional levels, Foore has been a key driver of player development for years. As our Softball Ambassador, she brings trusted leadership, deep experience, and actionable insight to clinics for young softball players and coaches across Twins Territory.

CLINIC HOST RESPONSIBILITIES

The organization and/or community hosting a Twins Community Fund Roving Coaches Clinic has a few responsibilities leading up to the day of the clinic:

Clinic Sites
The Twins Community Fund requires coaches clinic hosts to secure an indoor site for the clinic date. The venue should be large enough to accommodate the number of attendees with seating. As clinics are conducted in a lecture format, clinics should be scheduled indoors to protect against inclement weather. The host is also responsibility for conducting any check-in or registration; a minimum attendee commitment is required in the application.

Promotion
The Twins Community Fund expects that each host will do everything within their means to promote the clinic to the coaches and parents in their organization or community. Twins Community Fund staff can help host communities promote their clinics by providing hosts with images and logos for flyers and posters.

Roving Coaches Clinic Host Application

The deadline for the 2026 Roving Coaches Clinic host application is January 31, 2026.