SMSBA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Santa Monica, Ca that has been in existence since 2018. Our goal is to prepare each level of our players with proper fundamentals, developing them into great softball players and leaders on and. We prepare our players' s focus on high school and collegiate level
Beginners, Intermediate and advanced players, this is the softball instructional class for you! Improve your fielding, throwing, catching, pitching and hitting!
This one day softball instructional program is for the gamer looking to play next level softball or aspiring to refine their skills during this down town. Players will learn the nuances of the game with training all day!
SUBWAY LUNCH AVAILABLE!
GETTING BETTER JUST GOT GOOD!
Players are required to bring their own mask and wear them when necessary.
• Players should bring their own gloves to camp.
• Players should wear a hat and sunscreen.
• Players bring their own bats.
• Catchers must bring own gear
• Softball pants and socks are recommended
• Players are responsible for packing their own snacks, and drinks.
Professional softball player May 2005 to October 2019
After her division 1 all American college softball career, she went on to play the highest level professional softball in various countries and locations around the world. Including the US , the Netherlands. Italy, and Asia. She was a pitcher, hitter and first baseman, and accomplished in all positions at high statistical performance levels, and would start in every line up at either position and as a hitter.
She is currently the Marymount High School assistant varsity coach and pitching coach.
Santa Monica Softball Academy Fall Ball Pitching Clinic!
TRAIN FOR the 2025 Season With Us!
Improve Your Technique!
We break down the fundamentals of pitching and make it fun! Beginners, Intermediate and advanced pitching techniques all week! Whether you are on the allstar team, Selects or playing summer ball, this is the softball pitching instructional class for you!
This softball pitching instructional program is for the player looking to refine their skills for next level softball this summer and going into the new season!. Players will learn the nuances of the game, plus defensive strategies all week!
Coach Andee!
Is an accomplished pitcher in her own right!
Division One Player who has played professionally for over 10 years and trained Olympic athletes! She is now the assistant varsity and pitching coach at Marymount High School!
Beginners - Intermediate- Advanced
Players are required to bring their own mask and wear them when necessary.
• Players should bring their own gloves to camp.
• Players should wear a hat and sunscreen.
• Players bring their own bats.
• Catchers must bring own gear
• Softball pants and socks are recommended
• Players are responsible for packing their own snacks, and drinks.
9 am – 12N
Memorial Park
SMSBA is After school with crest!
This fall after school your softball player can learn how to Hit! Pitch! Field! Catch! Throw! Run! with SMSBA! We will be training players on campus each week on the fundamentals to get better, faster and stronger at softball! Players are separated by age and ability!
Santa Monica Softball Academy offers quality instruction for ALL LEVELS of softball. Instructions will be given by professional coaches. Players will practice pitching, catching, hitting, fielding and base running. This developmental program is designed with a direct emphasis on learning the primary fundamentals that lay down the foundation for elite play in softball. Players will be grouped by age and ability.
Welcome to Santa Monica Softball Academy's Weekly skills -
SMSBA Coaching
Our SMSBA Staff
Our SMSBA Staff
At Santa Monica Softball Academy we believe that training athletes should be a transformative experience for players! Our programs are designed to encourage players to step outside of their comfort zones, challenge themselves, and build confidence! We believe that these softball skills are essential for success on the field.
Train. Learn Pitching. SMSBA.
Our SMSBA Staff
Our SMSBA Staff
Our SMSBA Staff
Our dedicated coaches are carefully selected for their experience, skills, and passion for working with players!
Each coach is vetted, background check and train with SMSBA! Your player is getting the best and will be the best with SMSBA!
Weekly Skills Sessions!
Weekly Skills Sessions!
Weekly Skills Sessions!
TBD
Not Scheduled Yet!
ages: 6-14
Fielding-Pitching-Hitting-Catching
SMSBA SKills Teams!
Weekly Skills Sessions!
Weekly Skills Sessions!
Our skills teams are made up of some of our best and brightest players who are developing their game and learning to play on an elite level. The SMSBA Skills Team particpate in games, tournaments and weekly scrimmages. Skills Team players are invite only. Skills Teams are from our 10U, 12U and 14U divisions. For more info on how you can be on our Skills Team, contact: santamonicasoftballacademy@gmail.com
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The Best Lunch Deal in Town!
SMSBA Real Deal Subway Box Lunch!
SMSBA Real Deal Subway Box Lunch!
We teamed up to bring you a low cost affordable weekly lunch delivered to your child each day! With a click of a mouse you don't have to worry!
SMSBA Real Deal Subway Box Lunch!
SMSBA Real Deal Subway Box Lunch!
SMSBA Real Deal Subway Box Lunch!
Get the best deal in town at the best camp in town! SMSBA summer Break camp!
A Different Sandwich Each Day!
SMSBA Real Deal Subway Box Lunch!
A Different Sandwich Each Day!
Order at camp sign in by 10am then rest easy knowing your child is getting a nice box lunch on time and delivered fresh!
SMsBA SKILLS TABLE
Beginner
INTERMEDIATE
INTERMEDIATE
Players of all abilities are welcome. Complete fundamental instruction with beginning concepts, terminology, and knowledge of the game. Our instructional lessons will be the first fundamental steps toward competitive baseball. Players learn the fundamentals of baseball and how to work as a team for a common goal. Players will learn the basics of hitting, base running, fielding. pitching and throwing techniques at this level. A stronger emphasis will be placed on playing by the rules and setting a strong fundamental baseball foundation to ready players for higher level.
INTERMEDIATE
INTERMEDIATE
INTERMEDIATE
While the player should have basic fundamental skills, the goal of this division is to improve the player's skills and to place less emphasis on the competitive aspects of the game. Strong player development will be in effect at the intermediate level. The instructional design is to reinforce fundamental and introduce advanced concepts of youth baseball in a friendly, yet competitive environment with a strong emphasis on instruction and skill development. The focus is still on fundamentals and building a solid knowledge of the positions; the approach and the physical demands of the game. The Intermediate aspects IMPROVES the player, to build confidence, to prepare the player for increased competition, teamwork and the necessary skill level that players will develop to progress towards their next division or tryout. Intermediate players will fine-tune their skills and develop teamwork to prepare them for the upcoming season. While many players will have basic skills, the goal of the Intermediate clinics is to improve these skills and more emphasis on getting the most out of the player at this stage of his or her development.
ADVANCE
INTERMEDIATE
ADVANCE
The player at this level has attained solid, strong, baseball knowledge and skills. The players at this level have developed into strong, confident baseball players. The pitching, fielding hitting is more skilled, player development is more advanced and position players are being taught advance techniques to further their skills. Advance players should demonstrate at all levels, the advance skills, leadership, and maturity with the ability to enhance their skills development, their rules knowledge, and situational baseball play in a competitive environment. Pitching, catching, baserunning, fielding or hitting will not stop with coach intervention for introductory rules teaching. Pitchingm Catching, Baserunning, hitting, and fielding will be more aggressive in nature. Their will be more specialization and coaches will be moving at a faster pace. The use of “off-speed” pitches, high velocity at bats should be age appropriate when assessing classes. The Advance clinic provides increased competition, teamwork and skill level that players have developed over the years, with a strong emphasis on polishing skills, improving dynamics and/or taking the player to a whole new level or approach to the game. The advance level is demanding and requires players full and immediate concentration at all times!
Our Coaches
Coach Mariela
Coach Mariela
Coach Mariela
Mariela played at Los Angeles Harbor College and then took her talents to Graceland University in Iowa. Still playing! She now pitches for an all-women’s U-trip team. Mariela has coached all ages and all levels of softball as a private pitching instructor and high school coach for over 8 years. She is the pitching coach for the SMSBA 10u and 12U Club teams!
Coach Ilene
Coach Mariela
Coach Mariela
SMSBA welcomes Coach Ilene to the team! A former varsity player, she started her collegiate softball career at Pasadena City College. She then received a Division 1 scholarship to play at Alcorn State University! After her playing career, she remained at Alcorn as the Graduate Assistant Coach for 3 years. During her time as a Graduate Assistant, Coach Ilene coached at clinics/camps and now brings her talent to SMSBA!
Coach Neveah
Coach Mariela
Coach Neveah
She was the starting center fielder on varsity all four years of High School and and played travel ball at an elite level! She now plays softball at Alderson Broaddus University, leads her team with a .348 batting average and the highest fielding percentage! She coached with us all summer and is a top coach with SMSBA!
Coach Aileen
Coach Mariela
Coach Neveah
A standout varsity high school player, Coach Aileen is currently playing middle infield at Santa Monica College! She is one of the coaches for our SMSBA 10U and 12U teams. She loves coaching the younger players at our camps and clinics!
KENNEDI SORENSEN
Lauryn Carter - UCLA
Lauryn Carter - UCLA
School, Sorensen led West Ranch to three consecutive CIF-Southern Section playoff appearances including a runner-up finish during the 2014 season. West Ranch won a pair of Foothill League championships and was named second-team All-League and third-team All-Valley as a senior. She played in the Women's European Cup (XXVII) for Israel. At CSUN she started all 54 games, playing all but 26 innings of the season at catcher...led team and was 14th in the Big West in RBI with 28.
Lauryn Carter - UCLA
Lauryn Carter - UCLA
Lauryn Carter - UCLA
Carter was a shortstop for four years at Junipero Serra High School in Gardena, Calif.- a two-time Santa Fe League Most Valuable Player and three-time First Team All-League selection-was the District 7 Southern Section MVP in 2018 -two-time team and defensive MVP - hit .639 as a junior with eight home runs and 27 runs batted in -helped Serra to a league title and a CIF Championship in 2018
We Were Selected as a Top Program for Softball Lessons!
Training One on One with SMSBA!
Work One On One With A Coach!
Pitching, Fielding & Hitting Training!
While there are no games on the off days you train! SMSBA coaches will use social distancing training with hand sanitizers to keep you on your game! Player and coach wear masks and work as a team to social distance train!
Our youth softball fielding program teaches you the game, positions, fielding techniques, throwing properly for the outfield and infield! Our teaching fundamentals start for beginners to advance players! This developmental program is designed for 6-17 year old participants, with a direct emphasis on learning the primary fundamentals that lay down the foundation for elite play in fielding and throwing for softball.
We Have Pitching & Catching Classes!
Our instructional youth softball pitching program & Catching program introduces the fundamentals of pitching or catching and we have intermediate and advance training. This developmental program is designed for 6-17 year old participants, with a direct emphasis on learning the primary fundamentals that lay down the foundation for elite play in pitching or catching for softball.
Santa Monica Girls FastPitch Pitching and Catching Clinics!
Beginning Pitching Clinic
Players 8-12 Trained Weekly
Players 8-12 Trained Weekly
Each week players came to our pitching clinic to learn the fundamentals of pitching.
Players 8-12 Trained Weekly
Players 8-12 Trained Weekly
Players 8-12 Trained Weekly
Each week players built upon what they had learned previously to get a strong foundation of learning!
Step by Step
Players 8-12 Trained Weekly
Beginner Intermediate Advanced Catching
SMGFP players trained with our coaches each week on the proper footwork and mechanics for pitching!
Beginner Intermediate Advanced Catching
Beginner Intermediate Advanced Catching
Beginner Intermediate Advanced Catching
Each week, beginner catchers, intermediate and advanced players worked on proper footwork and mechanics for the catching position!
Catchers Training Weekly
Beginner Intermediate Advanced Catching
Catchers Training Weekly
Players learned how to properly play the catcher position and be better defensively on the field.
SMSBA & SMGFP!
Beginner Intermediate Advanced Catching
Catchers Training Weekly
The Santa Monica Girls Fastpitch Weekly clinics were vital in preparing players for the pitching and catching position during the 2021 season! Thank you SMGFP foe making your players and league better with these weekly clinics!
Friends Of Santa Monica Softball Academy
This is Your Go To Camp!
Who We Are
Our Home Field
Our Home Field
Santa Monica Softball Academy is a professional developmental softball camp. This is a progressive instructional youth softball program with real professional softball coaches. Our goal is to teach you how to play the game of softball the RIGHT way the first time at all levels of athletic ability. We teach all aspects of softball; the e
Santa Monica Softball Academy is a professional developmental softball camp. This is a progressive instructional youth softball program with real professional softball coaches. Our goal is to teach you how to play the game of softball the RIGHT way the first time at all levels of athletic ability. We teach all aspects of softball; the equipment, the game, umpires, and opponents. This developmental program is designed with a direct emphasis on learning the primary fundamentals that lay down the foundation for elite play in softball.
Our Home Field
Our Home Field
Our Home Field
Our softball camps and our home field in Santa Monica will be at Memorial Park for top softball instruction in Pitching, Catching, Hitting and Fielding! Whether you are trying to up your game, coming off Allstars, getting ready for Fall Ball or high school, we are the place for getting BETTER! STRONGER! FASTER! with your softball game!
About Us!
Our Home Field
About Us!
SMSBA is part of the City of Santa Monica Community Classes and Camp organization. Our athletic directors, coaches, team leaders are all their for the players and their parents every step of the way! We are place of learning, development and we think the sport of softball is serious fun for everyone that participates. Our goal is to dev
SMSBA is part of the City of Santa Monica Community Classes and Camp organization. Our athletic directors, coaches, team leaders are all their for the players and their parents every step of the way! We are place of learning, development and we think the sport of softball is serious fun for everyone that participates. Our goal is to develop our young athletes into capable and accomplished players who enjoy the game and enjoy the camp even more! Please feel free to contact us at anytime for questions about our camps, private lessons or just plain softball!
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