High Level Hitting and Winning the Mental Game at the Plate – Part 2

Join Hall of Fame and National Champion UWEC Softball Head Coach Leslie Huntington, assistant coach, Abbey Place, and VSA Director of Softball, Kindra Witthus, in this 6-week hitting workshop where you will learn the swing mechanics and mental approach of the best hitters in the game. Ever watch Oklahoma? We’ll teach you those very swing mechanics using a progression of tee drills, moving ball drills, machine work, and assessing your progress with Hittrax. In addition, you’ll learn how to use the mental game to become a better hitter, no matter how far your swing mechanics progress. We can’t wait to help you get better!

This will be limited to 20 players in each 6-week session. The second 6-weeks will be a continuation of the first 6-weeks, but we will also offer a separate track if you didn’t participate in the first session.

Start date: December 14, 2022

End date: January 25, 2023

OFF: December 28, 2022

Time:
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00pm

Ages:
8th grade and up!

Cost: $225/athlete

High Level Hitting and Winning the Mental Game at the Plate – Part 1

Join Hall of Fame and National Champion UWEC Softball Head Coach Leslie Huntington, assistant coach, Abbey Place, and VSA Director of Softball, Kindra Witthus, in this 6-week hitting workshop where you will learn the swing mechanics and mental approach of the best hitters in the game. Ever watch Oklahoma? We’ll teach you those very swing mechanics using a progression of tee drills, moving ball drills, machine work, and assessing your progress with Hittrax. In addition, you’ll learn how to use the mental game to become a better hitter, no matter how far your swing mechanics progress. We can’t wait to help you get better!

This will be limited to 20 players in each 6-week session. The second 6-weeks will be a continuation of the first 6-weeks, but we will also offer a separate track if you didn’t participate in the first session.

Start date: November 1

End date: December 13

OFF: December 6

Time:
Tuesdays, 7:00-8:00pm

Ages:
8th grade and up!

Cost: $225/athlete

4 PART PITCHING PROGRAM

Part 1: 10/10 or 10/11, Velocity

Focus: Pitchers will learn various drills and tools to assist in building velocity and power in their pitch. The Rapsodo pitch tracker will be used to assess current velocity.

Part 2: 11/7 or 11/8, Mental Performance

Focus: As a pitcher, the mental side is just as (if not more!) important than the physical skillset. This session zeroes in on the specific mental skills a successful pitcher must master.

Part 3: 12/5 or 12/6 Arm Care and Functional Movement

Focus: The ability to move functionally and take care of a pitcher’s body is of high importance in generating success. We’ll spend time in the weightroom looking at how each athlete moves and why it is crucial to spend time on shoulder care.

Part 4: 1/16 or 1/17 Pitch Development

Focus: Taking an individualized approach, this session will be catered to each pitcher’s current goals in pitch development. We’ll utilize the Rapsodo to check metrics and learn what it takes to build quality pitches.

COST:
$40/session
or $130 for 4 sessions

4 PART CATCHING PROGRAM

Part 1: 10/10 or 10/11, Overall Catching Fundamentals 

Catchers will learn a variety of drills to assist in their overall catching abilities, concepts focusing on working from the ground up (lower to upper) and breaking down components that can help develop a strong backstop.

Part 2: 11/7 or 11/8, Receiving, Receiving, Receiving 

As a catcher, our job is to make our pitchers “look good”. The fundamentals of bringing more pitches into the strike zone is vital to becoming an elite receiver. We will utilize multiple modalities such as a hack attack and MAXBP machine. Whole idea here is receiving well, not just playing catch!

Part 3: 12/5 or 12/6 Receive & Throwdowns

Catchers will put together the pieces from what we have learned in the previous two clinics and apply them to receiving balls well and transitioning them into throwdowns. Focusing on working from the ground up and allowing the ball to travel into our transition zone to quicken our abilities to throw runners out at bases (1st-3rd). This session will also utilize “pop time” video breakdown.

Part 4: 1/16 or 1/17 B+B= Blocking & Bunts 

The focus here will be to move efficiently behind the plate to keep more balls in front of us. Catchers are also defenders, so we need to work on getting out of the pocket explosively to take away bunts and produce outs for our defense.

COST:
$40/session
or $130 for 4 sessions