2023 Winter Training – Workout 1

Happy New Year!  It’s time to start our Winter baseball training!  We begin our training together this week and will train together about once per week.  To get the most from your winter training, continue your training on your own. You can improve your skills by: 1) Working out – building strength, speed, and endurance.Continue reading “2023 Winter Training – Workout 1”

The Gathering Storm 3 “Second Generation Cyclones” Coach Shane and Coach Nolan

On occasion, posts will be added to highlight some of those individual and collaborative great works that contribute to our collective good. These posts will be called The Gathering Storm.  Our third feature in The Gathering Storm is called: Second Generation Cyclones: Coach Shane and Coach Nolan. Coach Shane and Coach Nolan are ahead ofContinue reading “The Gathering Storm 3 “Second Generation Cyclones” Coach Shane and Coach Nolan”

The Gathering Storm 2 “Vision and Art” Coach Dan and Team Artist Matt

On occasion, posts will be added to highlight some of those individual and collaborative great works that contribute to our collective good. These posts will be called The Gathering Storm.  Our second feature in The Gathering Storm is called “Vision and Art” Coach Dan and Team Artist Matt. Along with being an outstanding coach forContinue reading “The Gathering Storm 2 “Vision and Art” Coach Dan and Team Artist Matt”

The Gathering Storm “Eye of the Storm” Coach Kevin

Coach Kevin said, “While a cyclone on the outside is fast and often inflicting damage on its surroundings, at its core, it is calm and balanced.  I see this in line with our approach. While we are playing fast, putting pressure on our opponents, we will be intentional and balanced.” In a sense, we allContinue reading “The Gathering Storm “Eye of the Storm” Coach Kevin”

Get Ready for Spring and Summer!

As we think ahead to the warming days of Spring and Summer with our Cyclones playing baseball under the sun, let’s look at all that our Spring & Summer fees will provide. Practice Gym and Field Rentals: First practice on weekend of March 19-21 or soon thereafter. Practice 2-3 times per week until WMLL begins,Continue reading “Get Ready for Spring and Summer!”

Team Talks (March 2021)

Players, join your teammates for team talks on the March dates listed to: Discuss specific baseball situations or reasons why we do things specific ways. Discuss one Champion’s Mind segment. Listen to the segment before our team talk: March 10 at 6:15 pm = Module 2: 1 Mental Toughness (1:49) March 13 at 6:15 pmContinue reading “Team Talks (March 2021)”

West Madison Little League 2021

With WMLL sign up underway and with the uncertainty of Covid’s impact on baseball, we’ve fielded questions about our current plans for the Cyclones and for WMLL. As often happens, in our discussion Kevin brought clarity to our planning. Kevin simplified planning by using 3 different potential scenarios. Here is a quick summary of potentialContinue reading “West Madison Little League 2021”

Want to Earn Extra Cyclones Points?

We love to see how hungry our players are to learn and grow as a team and as individual players. For those who want to do more, and earn more Cyclones points, here are a couple options. Option 1: As part of an add-on 30 minute workout, include 10 minutes of fielding work that mirrorsContinue reading “Want to Earn Extra Cyclones Points?”

Cyclones Enter Winter Training Week 2

Players worked hard at practice today as we start our second week of our Winter training. With continued training, we will get stronger physically and mentally, our bat speed will improve, we will throw with more velocity and accuracy, become better fielders, and better teammates. From the start we knew we gathered great athletes whoContinue reading “Cyclones Enter Winter Training Week 2”

Guide to Cyclones Winter Training 2021

Our training today is our official start to our 8 week training program.  This is a guide to our Winter Training, specifically getting started and Week 1 (Jan 2-8). Please ask any questions that you have so I can help you get started with all the answers you need. Key Info: Players track own pointsContinue reading “Guide to Cyclones Winter Training 2021”