- From August 4 to 5, 2022, this activity will be held focused on young baseball players between 13 and 17 years old from all over the country.
- The opening ceremony was attended by Mexican Major League stars: Fernando “El Toro” Valenzuela, Vinicio “Vinny” Castilla and Teodoro Higuera.
- This strategy also seeks to combat childhood obesity.
As part of a new campaign, the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) joined with baseball to start the “National Program of Physical Activation for Health”. The objective is to contribute to the prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases and promote sports from an early age. In addition, it also seeks to generate ideal conditions for the Institute to position itself as the main promoter of physical activity and sports in the country.
Within this strategy, from August 4 to 5, 2022, the “IMSS Baseball Clinic 2022” for young baseball players between 13 and 17 years old from all over the country. Everyone will have the opportunity to practice and demonstrate their talent with the presence of the greatest glories of Mexican baseball in the Major Leagues.
Some of the best Mexican baseball players in history
Among the athletes, the historic star pitcher of the Los Angeles Dodgers stands out, Fernando “El Toro” Valenzuela; Colorado Rockies star slugger Vinicio “Vinny” Castilla; and the best pitcher of the Milwaukee Brewers Club, Teodoro Higuera.
This program paves the way for the new stage in the era of Social Security, where young talent from the Mexican Republic meets. For the IMSS it is important to promote and promote sport, in all its variants, by encouraging new talents, in this case for the future of baseball.
In this sense, there will be two days of high-performance activities with professional coaches and interaction with professional players from the major leagues.
In this Clinic, the physical part and the psychological and mental aspect will be strengthened, important factors before competing, for which the intervention of the most famous and beloved Mexican baseball player in the major leagues was considered, who unleashed “Fernandomania” in the United States. United during his years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who will discuss leadership, motivation, and teamwork.
For their part, the coaches and former professional player Vinicio “Vinny” Castilla will be in charge of leading the sports part, developing technical fundamentals for batting, pitching, fielding, throwing fielders, sports strategy, defense and offense with various game situations. , as well as running speed and baserunning.
There will also be Teodoro Higuera, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers Club, who had a won-lost record of 15–8, with an average of earned runs allowed.
On the other hand, the players and former professional players of Mexican baseball, Jorge Cantú, Iván Terrazas, Juan Carlos Gamboa and Carlos Figueroa will have a meeting with the young baseball players, to talk about their sports experiences with professional teams and national teams.
During the event, there will be the previous preparation “warm-up and stretching” by the “SoloPerformance” group, who will support children and young people to have a better performance during the work session.
medicine and sport
To know the potential for sports development of young people, the Technical Coordination of Physical Culture and Sports, medical and technical staff will apply kinanthropometry measurements, which includes anthropometric measurements and body composition.
The results obtained will be compiled in a database to give the corresponding follow-up to these athletes every three months by their coaches in their training places.
The IMSS has led a series of physical activities and sporting events, including the Institute’s participation in the Olmec League with the Mexicali children’s baseball team, the MLBCup2022 Tournament, in April.
During the opening ceremony of the baseball clinicAuthorities from the Institute will be present, Dr. Mauricio Hernández Ávila, Director of Economic and Social Benefits, and Héctor Robles Peiro, head of the Social Benefits Unit.