My Fall 2012 baseball strategy. Like last year, we will practice on Sundays and give you your week to concentrate on academics and adjusting to High School. In an effort to better train our young pitchers & catchers, I’m asking that we each join Foundation Sports in Lovejoy. We will take our 3 hr Sunday sessions there and utilize their staff, facilities, and knowledge.
Foundation Sports is a baseball/softball training facility built to transform you, as an athlete, from the ground up. They currently have 5 batting cages (3 indoor and 2 outdoor), 6 soft toss/tee stations, a baseball field, and a full gym with free motion equipment, free weights, and cardio equipment.
It will cost us $50/mo for unlimited access for 1st time members. Unlimited means we can go there every day and workout/practice if we like. Fee is only $25/mo if we elect to renew the following months. Our membership will include a skills test with nationwide data basing.
The skills test is either pitching, throwing from position, or hitting of the tee. We radar whichever test it is as well as video tape it. We analyze the video and show them where the deficiencies are. The video will show their velocity at whichever test they do. The video will be put on a country wide database and the players can see where they stack up against kids across the country in their grade. It also comes with a complimentary page that they will be able to show coaches or scouts as they get older and show their progress every time they retest.
I plan on using our Sunday sessions (August 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th) to work on our hitting & fielding fundamentals, stretching & strengthening workouts, footwork & conditioning. Also, continuing with my promise to work pitching & catching, we will be given an hour of tutoring by their pitching & coaching staff for another $10/Sunday. Now this may seem like much but is actually very VERY minimal for any individual or group training session. I like these guys. This is kinda a must. We need not shy away from this one. The more we have, the cost stays low, plus the better we get. If you are not footballing, plan to pitch/catch, or are just serious about working on your game this off season, you need to find a way to do this. We’re talking $60 day1 Aug5th, $10 the next 3 Sundays. So that I can finalize our training with Foundation.
I need to know who can commit to August.
Come September we’ll see where we stand as far as players, training, & renewal. Then we’ll talk Fall jerseys & weekend competition for after Labor Day. We’ll also utilize Clayton County’s Early Dismissal and possibly get our workouts on Wednesday.
