The Gamers Life Lesson program is as formalized as our baseball training. There are three parts to the Life Lesson Program:

1. Pyramid of Success

2. Positive Coaching Alliance "Double Goal Coach" principles

- Redefining Success - ELM framework

- Refilling the Emotional Tank

- Honoring the Game

3. Mental Skills program

This material will be posted in the Skills Clinic section of the website over the course of the season. Much of it is already available.

A meeting for 13u and 14u Gamers parents was held on Saturday, March 8th. The following is a summary of the meeting:

The Gamers' Nike team store is now available. It offers discounted prices on Nike baseball equipment and accessories. Pre-season orders need to be placed by MARCH 17TH!!!!

To get to the Nike Store, you need to sign in, then go to the Team Store in the Clubhouse section.

Each Gamers team has its own "hotline" for weather, logistics and other information.

The 13u and 14u Gamers start outdoor practices this weekend.  The following are the practice uniforms rules: 

The Gamers first winter practice season was completed on Saturday, Feb. 23rd. Gamers players had over 80 hours of baseball instruction, reps and performance training with Hammerbodies and during weeknight rep sessions. Overall, we are very pleased with the level of effort and skill development that has occurred in just 13 weeks of work. Gamers coaches and players deserve to be proud of their work.

The Gamers Skill Clinic section of the website is now available for all Gamers players and other registered users.  You need to log-in to get access. 

The Skills Clinic includes:

The Gamers Life Lesson Program

Instructional Video's from Scott Cooper, Matt Whiteside and Dave Pregon on hitting, fielding, baserunning and pitching.

The Mental Skills Program.

Content will continue to be added to this part of the website.  Check back frequently.

Buddy Biancalana, former KC Royals shortstop and founder of "Perfect Mind-Perfect Motion Sports", will provide a clinic for Gamers players. The clinic will be at 9:30am on Sunday, February 3rd at All-Star Performance. Perfect Mind-Perfect Motion Sports provides guidance and assistance to pro baseball players, and pro athletes from other sports. Learn more about Buddy Biancalana out at www.pmpmsports.com, or click here to listen to a great interview on Baseball Prospectus Radio.

All Gamers coaches will participate in a Positive Coaching Clinic on Monday, January 29th. Brendan Sullivan, from Headfirst Baseball, will run the clinic. Brendan has received the "Coach of the Year" award from the Positive Coaching Alliance.

Click here for a great interview with Brendan about positive coaching.

All Gamers coaches are required to be certified as "Double Goal Coaches" by the Positive Coaching Alliance. This is done using an online workshop. For more information on this, please visit http://positivecoach.org/.

The Gamers are pleased to announce that Matt Pearl has joined the program.   Click here for more information on this important addition to the Gamers. 

Matt Whiteside has developed an offseason long-toss throwing program for all pitchers and position players.  It is a realistic goal to add 5+ mph to velocity – but it takes a good program and lots of disciplined hard work.  Please visit the Clubhouse for a detailed description of the program, along with the 15u/16u weightlifting program and the Throwers 10 program.

Thanks for helping us get the Gamers Winter Program off to a good start. We have a great group of players and families in the program. Now that we are beginning the 2nd week, we wanted to clarify a few points on the Winter Program.

The Gamers program emphasizes academic performance as a HIGHER PRIORITY than baseball. The reality is that only a small percentage of high school players advance to college baseball. And, only a small number of college players advance to professional baseball. Good academic performance leads to the next level of academics - college, which then leads to longer term career opportunities. Even after your playing days are over, your academic record will still be there, helping you succeed in the next phase of life.

Academics are a high priority in the Gamers program for three reasons:

1. Life lessons that are taught in the Gamers baseball program translate directly to the classroom (and vice versa)

To compete at the highest level nationally, Gamers need to become bigger, faster and stronger.

If high school age Gamers are not playing a Fall or Winter sport, they are expected to participate in a Strength & Speed program. There are three options for doing this - either on their own, as part of high school programs, or at professional trainers like Hammerbodies and Velocity. The Gamers off-season, pre-season training program is detailed in the Clubhouse.

On November 17th, we did 3 month check up on the progress of 15u and 16u Gamers. We measured strength along three dimensions - leg press (quads), lat pull down (upper back) and bench press (chest, arms, pec's).

The results were VERY impressive. For the 16u Gamers that are lifting weights, we measured an average 50% improvement in overall muscle strength.

Athleticism, strength and conditioning are the foundations for baseball training. Our players will get 90 minutes of great training from Hammerbodies on Saturdays. We have decided to supplement the Hammerbodies training with a 30 minute conditioning program that will added to the weekly rep sessions for each team. This program will include core strength, speed, agility and plyometric drills and will be done in the Performance Room and All-Star.