Dan Duquette Sports Academy

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The Dan Duquette Sports Academy is a sports training center located in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, in the United States. The academy was founded by Dan Duquette, the general manager of the Baltimore Orioles.

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The academy provides overnight and day camp with one- and two-week sessions for boys and girls ages 8 to 18. The academy features camps for baseball, softball, basketball, soccer and football. The Sports Academy also sponsors weekend tournaments for youth baseball teams ranging in age from 9U to 19U.

There are three different sized baseball fields, four basketball courts, volleyball court, horseshoe pits, a 2-acre (1 ha) campsite on a spring fed fresh water lake for canoeing and kayaking and 80 acres (32 ha) of hiking trails. The camp uses latest technology, including digital teaching devices, enhances the training experience.

The baseball field at the Sports Academy also served as the temporary home of the Berkshire Dukes of the New England Collegiate Baseball League in 2004 prior to the team moving to its permanent home at Pittsfield, Massachusetts' Wahconah Park.

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Coordinates: 42°25′43.89″N 73°07′36.33″W / 42.4288583°N 73.1267583°W / 42.4288583; -73.1267583

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