End of the summer baseball camp in Wilbraham

athletic leaders in the community are hosting a summer baseball camp in werham and a former pro baseball player is hosting it 22 news reporter Kiara Smith joins us live in studio and tells us more about what kids can expect in this summer camp Nick Siara a former professional baseball player and some local athletic leaders helped to host this end of the summer baseball camp for young athletes and I got a chance to see why camps like this are important to have in the community I'm a big and giving these kids everything that they need all the tools and resources that they need to be successful athletes TF performance officials and head coaches from local colleges and high schools made their way to wilam for an end ofth summer baseball camp that teaches young children and high school students all the skills they need to play baseball Dustin Bron told 22 News that summer camp events like this are needed in the community it's really important in the community because one you know to give these kids some some structure um and to really know that they have resources available to them um everything from physical fitness to mental health so I want these kids to know that it's okay to have to be nervous it's okay to have anxiety what it's not okay is to not know that you don't have those resources available to you now this is a 4-day summer camp where young athletes get to learn some batting and hitting drills and really learn the game the northeast regional scouting supervisor for the Boston Red Sox Ray fagnant says he has been a part of camps like this throughout Western Massachusetts for about 30 years he says this Camp is all about having having fun and teaching these athletes the fundamentals to get better the important thing is to teach them the fundamentals put them a put them in a position to have success and that'll translate the games and ultimately they'll have more fun and want to continue playing now this Camp runs from 9:00 a.m. to noon until August 22nd working for you Kiara Smith 22 News