Spring Baseball Tune-Up

Prepare for the spring baseball season & tryouts at NVSA this March! Spring tune-up clinics will run for 4 weeks (March 10th-March 31st)

3rd-5th Grade: Thursday Nights 6pm-7pm

Middle School: Thursday Nights 7pm-8pm

Interested in a different day/time? Want to register a group/team? Let us know! We may be able to accommodate!

3rd-5th Grade

Focusing on foundations of batting, pitching and fielding.

Batting:

Focal points include: batting stance, balance while swinging, hand-eye coordination, being on time to make contact consistently.

Pitching:

Emphasis on proper arm mechanics. Making sure we have a full range of motion in our arm. Learning to use our legs while we pitch.

Fielding:

Understanding the difference between infield and outfield fielding techniques.

Infield focus: footwork as the pitcher is delivering the ball, proper ground ball fielding position, how we throw as an infielder.

Outfield focus: learning how to catch fly balls, being able to move efficiently, understanding positioning.

6th-8th Grade

Focusing on preparation for middle school and high school baseball.

Batting:

Improving batting mechanics in competitive situations. Learning how to hit faster pitching. Understanding different pitches and how to hit effectively against fastballs, curveballs and change-ups.

Pitching:

Learning to pitch from the wind up and stretch. Introduction to variety of different pitches including 4 seam and 2 seam fastballs, curveballs, sliders and change-ups. Consistently repeating our pitching mechanics and using our body completely and effectively.

Fielding:

Understanding situational baseball at each and every position. Consistently being prepared with our footwork on every pitch.

Infield: fluidity in our footwork and movement in the field, learning to adjust defensive positioning when the opposing team has runners on base, emphasis on infield situations.

Outfield: focusing on making sure we get “behind the ball” by taking our first steps back, learning to create momentum with our footwork, delivering “thru” our targets when throwing to different cut-offs and bases.

HEAD COACH BRYAN BAKER:

Played Varsity Baseball for Pascack Valley High School

Taught and coached baseball for 10 years. Running various recreational clinics from ages 4-12

Coached recreational and town travel baseball teams

Coached club baseball for a decade — teams spanning from 7U-14U

Currently the head coach for Bergen Crush 12U and 13U club teams