Travel Ball Curriculum, Speakers Wrap Up Saturday’s Convention Schedule

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – We wrap up the “inside look” at the speaker portion of the 2015 NFCA National Convention, Dec. 2-5 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Playing an important role at the convention, these segments are designed to allow attendees to learn from their peers and other professionals associated with the game of softball.

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Leading off the afternoon portion of the speaker schedule is Be The Momentum Co-Founder, Chicago Bandit and NFCA Manager of Marketing Emily Allard, whose segment focuses on slapping. Following Allard is Michigan Strength & Condition Coach Lew Porchiazzo and his presentation – “Effective Collaboration and Integration to Maximize Physical Performance and Sustain Competitive Excellence.” Sam Ekstrand of the law firm Ekstrand & Ekstrand will present “The Best Defense is a Good Offense.”

After receiving positive reviews in 2014, the Travel Ball Curriculum is back for a second year. It is designed as an education session where travel ball coaches (high school & youth are welcome) can interact with college head coaches from each level in a forum setting. In addition, the attendees will receive recruiting education from the NCSA and mental training skills from Aaron Weintraub.

The college head coaches panel will feature Northern Illinois’ Christina Sutcliffe, Purdue’s Kim Schuette, Washington’s Heather Tarr, North Georgia’s Mike Davenport, Eastern Connecticut’s Diana Pepin, Mt. San Antonio College’s Ruby Rojas and Davenport University’s McCall Salmon.

If you still haven’t registered here is some important information.

As of November 3, we have filled our rooms at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis starting on Friday, December 4th through Sunday, December 6th.  The Hilton Atlanta, which is connected to the Atlanta Marriott Marquis via the Skybridge on the Marquis Level of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and the 2nd level of the Hilton Atlanta, has a limited number ofrooms available for the NFCA at our same rate of $139.00 per night for all of our program dates.  These rooms are on a first come first serve basis.  Contact the Hilton Atlanta reservations team by phone at :(800) 445-8667 using group code NFC or book on line using this link: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/NFCA15

Although cut off for our room block at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis isNovember 6th, 2015 we have exceeded our rooms each night of our block.  A limited number of rooms are still available for our peak program nights of Tuesday, December 1st, Wednesday, December 2nd and Thursday, December 3rd at our group rate of $139.00 per night.  If you have not made your reservation please do so as soon as possible.  If you need to arrive prior to December 4th and stay over the dates of December 4th or 5th it is recommended you contact the Hilton Atlanta first as they currently have rooms on all of our program dates. They are connected to the Atlanta Marriott Marquis via the Skybridge as described above.