10/25/2020

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Udelf to Ohio Tide Baseball. Dr. Udelf will sit on our Coach Advisory Group and will be working with all teams at various times throughout the course of the year. He will offer workshops and clinics that will focus on sports psychology and mental training methods. Dr. Udelf's lifelong involvement with athletics as a psychologist, youth sports administrator, coach, and athlete has forged a unique, sensible, perspective on young people, sports, and performance. He serves athletes and other performers—both professional and amateur—representing a wide range of ages, sports, and disciplines. He is a referral source for Employee Assistance Programs serving the National Hockey League (NHL) and Major League Baseball (MLB).

Clinical Psychologist

Having diverse experience in a variety of settings gives Dr. Udelf a seasoned, practical, approach to his therapeutic work. He assists children, adolescents, and adults in dealing with a wide range of issues, including Anxiety, depression, school performance, anger, behavioral, ADHD, family, relationships, and health. Dr. Udelf is available for onsite consultation and public speaking at schools, mental health facilities, and other organizations.

Team and Organizational Consultation

Dr. Udelf consults with schools, universities, athletic departments, and youth programs and teams. Services and programming for performers, parents, coaches, teachers, and administrators is provided. Dr. Udelf has served as a consulting sport psychologist for Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School (NDCL) since 1996 and contributed to the school’s 2001 and 2009 state (Ohio) baseball championships. Dr. Udelf has worked with NDCL soccer (men’s and women’s), men’s basketball, and football teams. He consulted with the St. Ignatius baseball team for several years, contributing to that school’s 2013 state (Ohio) championship final-four effort, and the Cleveland State University baseball team from 1997-2001. He has also provided onsite training for youth participants of the Miami (Ohio) University Summer Hockey School. Since 2018 Dr. Udelf has worked with the Marshall University (Division 1) Baseball Program as the team's Sport Performance Consultant. As well as an outside consultant for the Shaker Heights High School Hockey Team.

Coaching and Sports Administrative Experience

Baseball is a lifetime passion for Dr. Udelf, playing the game for over 40 years, and coaching since 1969 at all levels of competition from t-ball thru Division I collegiate ball. His teams won 16-and-under state (Ohio) summer championships in 1997, 1998, and 1999. Dr. Udelf has coached with summer youth programs in Shaker Heights, OH; Denver, CO; Memphis, TN; and San Juan, PR. He offers individual and team baseball skill instruction to young people, ages 5 and up.

Previously, Dr. Udelf directed the Shaker Heights Youth Hockey organization and established and directed the Shaker Heights Youth Baseball travel program. He also founded Shaker (Heights) Sports Camp for middle school children and served as the camp director for five years.

10/15/20

The below message was sent to all of our registered families. 

We are all looking forward to getting back to baseball. As we have been finalizing the details and protocols to be utilized this season, we are excited to share the information with all of you.  Below are some of the important details that will help everyone prepare for the season.

Save the date! Please mark your calendars for Sunday, October 25th at 7:00 PM as our organization-wide parent virtual meeting. In this meeting, we will cover some of the important dates for the upcoming season, training updates (including COVID-19 safety protocols), communication tools, uniform updates, and more. The meeting link will be available on our website and it will be emailed again the morning of the meeting.

• Practice Schedules – Practices will begin the week of November 2nd, 2020, we apologize there is a delay in this information but we have a couple more protocols we want to confirm that could affect the practice information. We can confirm at this time that the practices will be held at the Lyndhurst or Gates Mills campuses of Hawken School. More specific information on times will be shared at the parent meeting on 10/25 and will be posted on the OhioTide.com calendar. We will be offering three days a week of training focused on specific areas of the game. Currently, we are looking to have Monday, Friday, and Sundays as our three consistent days, but will also hold the option for additional days if space availability increases further.
• Team Rosters – Team roster announcements will be shared with the Parent Meeting and after on OhioTide.com. Thank you to everyone who has submitted their additional player information. If you have not yet, can you please take a moment to complete this roster questionnaire to enhance our team rosters. 
• Coaching Staff Updates – As we mentioned previously, the Tide will have a Coaching Advisory Group that handles all off-season training to further enhance player skills. This Advisory Group will also lead an enhanced coaching philosophy that will be applied at all age levels and will be an additional support to every team’s coaches. We will be announcing our Advisory Group Coaches soon so stay tuned for this exciting news.

Thank you for being part of the Ohio Tide and we look forward to seeing you and your players soon. We’re here to help you with any of your questions.

• Baseball specific questions? Please reach out to Aaron Brandt, Director of Baseball Operations.
• Administrative questions? Please reach out to C.J. Musser, Chief Administrator, or Halle Shanker, Marketing Coordinator.

7/22/20

Dear Ohio Tide,

Thank you all for being a part of this inaugural season. We hope you have enjoyed being a member of Ohio Tide and appreciate the possibilities of being a part of this new organization. The entire coaching staff appreciates everyone’s hard work to restart the summer during this unprecedented time and your parental support in helping to get your Tide players to all the practices and games while also being their biggest fans.

We wanted to formally announce that as T.J. Donovan has remained the Head Coach of the 11U Blue Team, he is no longer serving in the role of Executive Director of Ohio Tide. We are extremely appreciative of everything T.J. has done for the organization and your players. If you have any questions on the direction of the club, please contact either the Director of Baseball Operations, Aaron Brandt, or the Chief Administrator, C.J. Musser.

In preparation for the 2021 season, Ohio Tide is re-assessing the structure of the organization in an effort to enhance the baseball program. We anticipate building on the successes of our inaugural season to continue our organization’s growth and your feedback is important in this evolvement. Tryouts and information for the 2021 season will be coming soon and we look forward to welcoming each of you back to the Tide family for year two.

We remain committed to the experience for all our players to provide a platform where student-athletes can achieve various levels of success, through character and physical development in a team-oriented atmosphere.

Ohio Tide Leadership

5/22/20

Dear Ohio Tide Families,

We hope you had a nice week as we all continue to navigate these unprecedented times.  We are eager to get back to playing ball with all the recent statements of Governor DeWine’s, The Ohio Department of Health and Ohio High School Athletic Association regarding non-contact sports and school buildings. Please know through this process of re-opening responsibly, we are continuing to keep the safety of all our families and coaching staff at the forefront.

We are working towards finalizing our plans on how best to move forward throughout the summer and into the fall and wanted to share the following available updates as of Friday, May 22 4:00 PM EST.

• New Normal – There will be a lot of changes in the works for all of your safety and we appreciate your support in advance of these new guidelines that will include but not limited to wearing face masks (outside of in field play), new game or practice flows with potentially smaller groups to allow for proper physical distancing, new equipment policies, and daily symptom assessments. 
• Re-Opening Start Date – For the safety of everyone, Ohio Tide will resume practices no earlier than the first half of June to ensure all updated safety protocol is fully implemented. More details will follow on the exact start date. 
• Practice & Game Schedules – The Coaching staff is hard at work with the multiple leagues and tournaments to come up with a condensed safe and enjoyable season. We are awaiting additional guidance and/or feedback from regulatory agencies and opponents to finalize each roster’s schedule. 
• Team Billing – Billing will continue to be paused until team activity is restored. 
• Your Feedback – As we are finalizing the season, your feedback would be helpful to gage the comfort level of our families and your needs from Ohio Tide during this unprecedented time. Stay tuned for a link to this survey early next week.

Thank you for your continued patience and partnership as we work to determine next steps to a safe start.

5/17/20

We hope you are all doing well as we continue to navigate these unprecedented times.  We wanted to give you a brief update regarding our team’s activity in light of Governor DeWine’s recent announcement regarding non-contact sports.

Please know that we are evaluating the governor’s most recent statement and are awaiting additional details before making a final determination on how best to move forward throughout the summer and into the fall. As of Sunday, May 17th, 9:30 AM EST, Ohio Tide continues to be suspended until June 30th. We will continue to closely monitor any further announcements from the governor regarding changes to this date.

Thank you for your patience and partnership as we work to determine the next steps while keeping the health and safety of all our families and coaching staff at the forefront.

8/23/19

Hawken is thrilled to announce the launch of a new enterprise to serve youth baseball and softball with the creation of a new premier club program. We will be partnering with T.J. Donovan, formerly of the Golden Spikes baseball club, to launch a new club called Ohio Tide. The new club will serve boys baseball 9u thru 18u as well as a collegiate team and girls softball 10u thru 18u.

While the new club will operate within its own business model, Hawken will provide structural support to allow for security and consistency when it comes to facility and field access and use, fiscal management, hiring and personnel management, equipment and apparel purchasing and distribution, marketing and promotion, and other organizational needs.

14U Ohio Tide player, Lucas Brandt, goes 4-0 in Southwest Ohio Wrestling Tournament.  Here is Lucas pictured with his coach, Hawken Lower School Athletic Director and Wrestling Coach, Greg Marmoros.

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