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.…
2022 Winter Training – Workout 3
Hitting: At this point, you know how to work on your hitting, you have a few options. Hitting off a tee Dry swings Swinging while balancing on a board Aim for 50 swings per session. How many sessions can you get in this week? Reminders when practicing your swing: Start with looking out towards the…
2022 Winter Training – Week 2
Let’s continue working on advancing some of the ground work we’ve been laying in practice and in workouts. Training for Week 1: Hitting – the best thing you can do to become a better hitter is to swing a bat. Swinging hard along with envisioning a pitch coming in will help you get stronger, correct…
2022 Winter Training – Week 1
Now that 2022 is here it is time to start working on our baseball skills again. We will be practicing (nearly) weekly and you can further hone your skills by: 1) Working out – building strength, speed, and endurance. 2) Refining your baseball skills and mechanics. We will work on giving you options that take…
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 of…
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 for…
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 all…
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,…
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 pm…
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 potential…
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