Pre-registration began Tuesday for the 19th annual Sweetheart Clinic.

The event, which is for girls age 4-12, began in 1998 in recognition of National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

Since then, more than 2,000 girls have participated and have had the opportunity to learn developmental skills in all nine Marshall University varsity women’s sports.

The clinic will be free of charge and will take place 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 in the indoor facility of the Chris Cline Athletic Complex.

Participants will be divided into age groups and will rotate through nine different stations, learning developmental sports skills from different Marshall women’s sports coaches and student-athletes. In addition to developmental skill instruction, participants will receive a free t-shirt for attending the clinic.

Pre-registration, which will be accepted via Herdzone.com only, will run through Thursday, Jan. 28.

Following the clinic, food will be provided, as well as a Marshall cheerleaders-led pep rally in the Cam Henderson Center.                                     

Participants will receive free admission to the Marshall women’s basketball game against the University of Texas at San Antonio, which will begins at 1 p.m. in the Cam Henderson Center.