Senior Winter Club 2024-2025
The Senior Winter Club program at NLB is the premier program for training at our facility. It runs for fifteen weeks over the winter and is designed to help players ages 13-18u achieve their baseball goals. Players will get thirty hitting sessions and ten defensive sessions over the duration of the program.
Dates
Program starts November 18th and finishes March 9th
Take Thanksgiving off (Tuesday/Thursday families choose another day that week to sub)
Take December 23-26 off
Ages
Senior winter club is for players aged 13-18u (what you will be playing next summer)
Cost
Program cost is $1,700
If you wish to pay by check to avoid Crossbar fees please do these two things.
- Mail a check for the full registration amount to NLB 7104 Ohms Ln Edina MN 55439
- Email petermacfarlanenlb@gmail.com and he will send you a code to register
Fielding Practice Agenda
Program Breakdown
All of our dome and facility training days are designed by Gene Larkin and Tom Nevers in collaboration with other members of the NLB staff. The Minnetonka Dome provides a fantastic facility for these high energy sessions. Defensive position-specific fundamentals and situations will be practiced. NLB emphasizes treating practices as game-like as possible in regards to speed and pace of play. The most important part of defense is a players footwork. This will be emphasized in all defense sessions.
Topics covered
-Moving feet correctly at all positions defensively
-Glove position when fielding the ball as well as how to move the glove through the fielding motion
-How our body moves towards a target on particular plays such as flips in the infield or setting for a tag in the outfield
-Game like reps with specific situations involved
-Each week will work off the previous session in a progression format trying to get players ready to go by high school tryouts or their association seasons
Hitting Practice Agenda
Program Breakdown
Week 1: Initial Testing
Week 8: Mid-progam testing
Week 15: End of program testing
Topics covered
-Understanding how the legs and hips need to work to create bat speed and proper bat path. How to maximize practice time/using drills and equipment properly.
-Proper way to attack inside and outside pitches.
-Mental approach/ transitioning from practice to game time/controlled aggression in hitters counts.
-Situational hitting / hitting velocity/breaking ball adjustments. Hitting with two strikes/ putting ball in play
-Each week we will have a plan laid out and detailed instruction for players in all 3 of the cages.
Typical Day
-Warmup
-Tee Drills
-Short Bat
-Weighted Bat
-Front Toss
-BP
-Machine Work
Fielding Days/Times
We have eight dome sessions and two NLB sessions for fielding this winter.
Minnetonka Dome Days (3-4pm)
January 5th, 12th, 19th, 26
February 2nd, 16th, 23rd
March 8th (Saturday)
NLB Facility days (12-1pm)
February 9th and March 2nd
Hitting Days and Times Options
We have added two additional sessions to keep up with demand this year. Choose your time at checkout when you register.
Monday/Wednesday 4:30-5:30pm (new)
Monday/Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm
Monday/Wednesday 6:30-7:30pm
Monday/Wednesday 7:30-8:30pm
Tuesday/Thursday 5:30-6:30pm (sold out)
Tuesday/Thursday 6:30-7:30pm
Tuesday/Thursday 7:30-8:30pm
Saturday/Sunday 10:00-11:00am (new)
Testing
NLB tests players exit velocities three times over the course of the winter. Higher levels of exit velocities do not always correlate perfectly with improvement as a hitter, but it is a strong indicator of a players ability to drive and hit the ball hard.
Winter 2024-2025
Click here to sign up for the Sr. Winter Club.
Register