Senior Winter Club

The Senior Winter Club program at NLB is the premier program for training at our facility. It runs for seventeen 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 17th and finishes March 15th

Take the Wednesday and Thursday of Thanksgiving week off

Take December 22-28 off of hitting.

"Down week" January 19-22

Ages

Senior winter club is for players aged 13-18u (what you will be playing next summer)

Cost

Program cost is $1,850

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 Days/Times

There are ten dome sessions for fielding

Minnetonka Dome Days (11:00am-12:00pm)

December 21st and December 28th

Edina Dome Days (7-8am)

Saturdays Jan. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14

Sundays Feb. 22 and March 1

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

Monday/Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm

Monday/Wednesday 6:30-7:30pm

Monday/Wednesday 7:30-8:30pm

Tuesday/Thursday 5:30-6:30pm

Tuesday/Thursday 6:30-7:30pm

Tuesday/Thursday 7:30-8:30pm

Saturday/Sunday

Saturday 10:30-11:30am

Sunday 9:00-10:00am

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. 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 2: Initial Testing

Week 8-9: Mid-program testing

Week 16-17: 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

Testing

NLB tests players exit velocities three times over the course of the winter. Higher levels of exit velocities do not mean that you are a better hitter. However, hitting the ball harder is highly correlated with success in hitting.