Pre-Season High School Training Program

This 3 month long pre-season training program is a highly competitive and serious developmental group for the dedicated baseball player. We started this 13 years ago and it has evolved into our most popular training program for our high school athletes. The program is 12 weeks long beginning in November or December depending on what level you will be playing, and ending just days before you start your indoor try-outs.

Our goal is not only to prepare you for the upcoming season but to develop your skills and talents so you can continue your career at the collegiate level. To accomplish this goal, the program has been designed to be the most realistic game situational learning experience you can have without being in a game itself.

THE PROGRAMS:

To be involved in the group you first need to decide which part of the program you are going to enroll in: The Hitting Program or The Pitching Program (you can enroll into both but you cannot hit and pitch during the same group time, you need to choose 2 different group times to participate in both activities). Every session of the group will be 1 ½ hours long each of the 12 weeks of the program.

THE GAME:

No matter what part of the program you are enrolled in, you will be playing a variety of different “games” throughout the weeks of the group but THE GAME itself begins on week #4. This adds yet another dimension of competitiveness and teamwork to the program. It is a game played between hitters and pitchers with specialized statistics for each. The hitters and pitchers will partner up to form teams prior to week #4. Double header and triple header weeks will increase level of competitions even more during these weeks

THE HITTING PROGRAM:

The hitting program has steadily evolved over the years into a tough mental and physical workout each and every week of the group. The instructors for you day and time will be primary pitchers during the program. During the first four weeks of the program, the athletes will be working on basic fundamentals including mechanic, timing, off speed pitches, location hitting and being comfortable and confident in the batters box. Video analysis will help in the “live situations” where the hitters will be taking at bats by facing pitchers off of the pitching mounds. This is also the time of the program where we step up the level of the mental side of being in the batters box. The game situations that will be introduced into these “live at bats” will include bunting, hit and runs, different pitch counts, hitting behind runners and more. Every at bat will mean something to the hitter during these “challenge weeks”. By the time your “try-outs” roll around in March you will have had hundreds of at bats in game situations and will be well beyond “mid season” form.

THE PITCHING PROGRAM:

The Pitching program continues its evolution this year. We will be concentrating on the individual development of each athlete by creating a new format for the pitchers. For 12 week they will have their Bull Pen Session times and starting week 6, they will throw their game innings (2-4) against hitters on their Game Session days which will be scheduled individually with each player. The twice-a-week format starting with week 6 will allow our athletes to develop their strengths and understand their weaknesses that will be worked in the new Bull Pen Session. With the increase in the amount of space comes the availability to add more aspects to the program which will aid in your development as a pitcher. During you Bull Pen Sessions times of the program you will spend a lot of time running, stretching, long tossing and working on your mechanics with a low pitch count regulated the instructors. Learning and developing a new pitch or pitches will begin immediately in the program. Video analysis will help aid you in understanding of your mechanics and how they dictate your pitch location, movement and consistency. You will be run through drills designed to prepare you for game saturations such as bunt coverage, come backers, covering first, pick offs, rundowns and more. Your sessions will end a week before your “try outs” so you will be ready physically and mentally for practice.

REGISTRATION & TUITION

THE SCHEDULE:

2009 GROUP AND SESSION TIMES

Monday's

Tuesday's

Wednesday's

Mod./Fresh/JV/Varsity
PITHERS BULLPEN
7pm - 8:30pm

Start Date:
November 30th

Mod./Fresh/JV/Varsity
PITHERS BULLPEN
7pm - 8:30pm

Start Date:
December 1st

JV/Varsity
HITTERS
7pm - 8:30pm

Start Date:
December 2nd

Saturday's

Mod./Freshman
PITHERS BULLPEN
1pm - 2:30pm

Start Date:
December 19th

JV/Varsity
HITTERS
10am - 11:30 am
4pm - 5:30pm

Start Date:
December 5th

Mod./Freshman
HITTERS
2:30pm - 4pm

Start Date:
December 19th

Reserved Program Times

Some players have reserved days and times for their friends and teammates:

School	Group Time	Starting Date
Bethlehem Mod./Freshman	Sunday's 11:30 am	December 6, 2009
Chatam High School	Sunday's 4:00 pm	December 6, 2009
Guilderland High School	Sunday's 1:00 pm	December 6, 2009
Niskayuna High School	Sunday's 5:30 pm	December 6, 2009
Schenendehowa High School	Sunday's 2:30 pm	December 6, 2009
Schoharie High School	Sunday's 10:00 am	December 6, 2009
CBA High School	Monday's 8:30 pm	November 30, 2009
Spa Catholic High School	Saturday's 11:30 am	December 5, 2009
Guilderland 13yr Old Travel	Friday's 7:00 pm	December 18, 2009