Every year the HyVee/Sanford Legends Camp is held which provides free specialized training in multiple sports. These sessions are conducted by professional athletes and the region’s best college players and coaches. One such Dell Rapids Little League coach is Jeff Holm. Holm has been coordinating the baseball portion of the Legends Camp for the past 11 years. He is responsible for organizing and coordinating the coaches that will help put on the baseball clinic. Holm said that lining up the help can be challening especially in recent years as the camp time has moved to Fridays from 3:30 to 5:30, and typically Fridays have become the make-up date for local baseball teams which can take away coaches and participants in the camp.
Holm said that he doesn’t make the final decision on who the legend will be for the baseball clinic, but does provide suggestions. He said that it all comes down to the timing of schedules, who’s available, what the budget is, and who might be a good regional draw for this area. This year’s baseball legend was Jack Morris.
While Holm’s main duty prior to the camp is to line up the coaches that assist the legend in the baseball clinic, he is the coordinator with the legend during the day of the clinic. He can be seen ushering the legend around to the different stations throughout the afternoon, assigning the coaches to the different stations, and being the overall center of command during the afternoon.
This year along with Holm, six other Dell Rapids Little League coaches took part in helping with the legends camp. They were Jody Schumaker, Danny Miller, Jeff Welbig, Nate Henry, Greg Gullickson and Matt Larson.