Summer Camps
The Batter’s Box, Connecticut’s oldest baseball and softball training facility is offering a one week baseball camp for Wallingford-Yalesville Little League during summer vacation. It doesn’t matter what age we are as baseball players, practice makes perfect. In a game where it’s hard to achieve success because the odds are against you – preparation and practice can go a long way. What type of baseball player are you? Are you looking to grow and mature as a ball player? Are you determined to work hard and develop to become a better ballplayer? This camp will instruct and critique players in all areas of the game. The Batter’s Box staff is determined to teach, assist and help each player better themselves as an individual and ballplayer. It has been said that athlete’s rise to the challenges at hand. The truth behind that is, athletes prepare themselves for the challenges they may face.
Preparation is the key to success. YOUR PREPERATION STARTS NOW!
Location
The camps will be held at Yalesville Little League Palmers Farms Sports Complex
2011 Dates
Session 1: July 18-22
Session 2: July 25-29
Session 3: August 8-12
Session 4: August 15-19
Areas of Camp Instruction
HITTING MECHANICS:
LOWER BODY: The most underdeveloped aspect of most swings. This limits power and pulling ability. Prober footwork and legwork as well as positioning will be taught.
SWING: Learning to stay through the ball develops bat control and the ability to hit to all fields.
EYE POSITIONING: Teaches the eyes and the head proper movement for inside and outside pitches allowing the use of all fields.
MENTAL ASPECTS: Teaching pitch selection through pitch counts and pitcher’s patterns. Proper preparation before you step into the batter’s box.
THROWING/PITCHING:
Before we learn how to pitch, proper throwing mechanics are a must. Good, solid mechanics will greatly contribute to the health of the arm, so the drills in this program are designed to maximize the entire body.
• Work on proper grip
• Proper arm positioning
• Work on developing arm strength
• Balance points, leg stride
INFIELD/OUTFIELD
We begin with the proper footwork when fielding either a groundball or a fly ball. From there, we move to delivering the baseball with the proper footwork and arm swing.
• Glove Skills/Proper Mechanics
• 1st step explosiveness
• Linear/Lateral Movements
• Game Situations
SPEED/AGLILITY, CONDITONING
Players will gain confidence by building a foundation of athletic skills, knowledge and discipline that will allow them to move, think, train and perform like elite athletes.
• Replication of Speed & Power
• Increased Speed of Movement
• Increased Joint Stability and Optimal Joint Mobility
• Better balance: Quicker and responsive Righting Reflexes, equilibrium and Control of Center of Gravity (COG)
BASERUNNING:
• Proper Base-running mechanics
• Base-running Drills
• Situational Base-running
Camp Schedule
9:30 a.m.-Check in
10:00 a.m. - Active Warm up/Static Stretch
10:30 a.m. –Age Division/Throwing Program
11:00 a.m. –Station Work
1. Infield
2. Outfield
3. Hitting
4. Base-running Speed & Agility
(Pitching Station)
(Catching Station)
1:00 p.m. – Pick Up
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT TIM BINKOSKI
(203) 248-2398
Instructors
BOB TURCIO
Founder / Director of the Batter’s Box
University of New Haven ‘79
Baseball Hall of Fame ‘90
All American - 1977
Played Professionally - Italy 5 Years
TIM BINKOSKI
Quinnipiac University ‘07
All American - 2007
All New England - ‘07
Philadelphia Phillies Organization
Quinnipiac University
Asst. Baseball Coach
PAUL BOTTIGLIERO
Garden City CC – Kansas
Monmouth University ‘09
Single Season HR Leader - ‘09
ROBERT MENA
North Central Texas College ‘05
All American- ‘04
All Region- ‘04
University of Tampa- ‘07
DII National Champions- ’06, ‘07
National Player of Week- ‘07
Seattle Mariners Organization
Houston Astros Organization
PROGRAM COST
$195.00 per player (for 1 week - $55 for each additional week)
25% off each player for siblings
Group of 6 $150.00 per player
Registration Form
Please call (203) 248-2398 for a list of our classes and prices and ask for our brochures.
