RICH SAMMON

As a Player Rich was a high school prospect scouted by former head major league scout Ralph DiLullo and recruited to an NJCAA baseball program whose team reached the State Regional Finals to the College World Series both seasons and where nine teammates were drafted during that time. Rich also played at the D2 level and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business. Rich played summers in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL). Rich played baseball for various men’s adult baseball teams in CT as well as various tournament teams notably in the men’s annual Roy Hobbs Tournament in Fort Myers, FL until 2018.

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Rich has coached at the High School, American Legion-Wilton CT levels and has also coached in Little League, Babe Ruth, and AAU Levels.Rich currently coaches the CT Barons Collegiate Summer Team in Wilton, CT.Rich established the Director of Player Training & Development position for Ridgefield Little League. Rich has also organized player development clinics, presented at league safety clinics on pitching, facilitated pre-season winter workouts for youth and high school playersand also was a formal Pitching Instructor for the Athletes Performance Zone (APZ) 360 Program at the Golf Performance Center in Ridgefield and served on the Ridgefield Babe Ruth Board of Directors as the Director of Travel Baseball.

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Rich instructs using the latest scientific research from Tom House Sports, LLC. (National Pitching Association-East) for throwers/strikers (e.g. Baseball, Softball, Football-QB) (https://www.nationalpitching.com/?aff=RSammon) (Click Regions, Click East) as well as other methods of athletic training along with local/national industry memberships from the following organizations/associations. Rich is a certified umpire in CT as well as maintains his permit from the CT CIAC approved Coach Training, CPR/AED, First-Aid & Concussion Training requirements.