Off-Season Training
We're running 6 months worth of training sessions at Rhino Baseball-Wisconsin this off-season. Sessions will start in October and run through March. This includes:
-- Groups for both softball and baseball!
-- 75 hours of instruction with our top-notch instructors (usually 2 90-minute sessions per week) $12.67/hour!
--Professional instructors (find out about the regulars here)
-- Increased confidence from every single ball player
-- Weekly Strength and Agility Plans
-- Weekly At-Home Practice Plans
-- Parent/Coach training -- how to better support your young athlete with what they are learning
-- Throwing Velocity and Arm Care Program
-- Heavily discounted access to the Rhino Baseball building when not training with Backyard Hackers
-- Much more!
-- Groups for both softball and baseball!
-- 75 hours of instruction with our top-notch instructors (usually 2 90-minute sessions per week) $12.67/hour!
--Professional instructors (find out about the regulars here)
-- Increased confidence from every single ball player
-- Weekly Strength and Agility Plans
-- Weekly At-Home Practice Plans
-- Parent/Coach training -- how to better support your young athlete with what they are learning
-- Throwing Velocity and Arm Care Program
-- Heavily discounted access to the Rhino Baseball building when not training with Backyard Hackers
-- Much more!
Give us a Try!
If you'd like to give us a try yet, email john@backyardhackers.com with any questions and we'll setup a time for you to visit during one of our first practices if there's space.
OR just Purchase a training option below:
Currently sold out for 2017-18. Look for us Again in the Fall.
FAQ
What ages is this for?
This is designed for any ballplayer who is ready to take instruction and can sustain their attention while at a practice for 90 minutes. (Most 10 year-olds should be a good fit. It gets dicey the younger we go.) We'll go all the way up through high-school on the upper end.
When will this going down?
We'll fire things up on Oct. 4. Practices will happen every Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesdays we'll be from 7-8:30. Fridays are 5-6:30. Hopefully these times will help us avoid other after school activities on Wednesday and let the weekend get going on Fridays. There'll be a full calendar once we get going.
Will kids be pitching?
All of the baseball players will get some pitching training, but that won't be the focus of the throwing and arm care programs. Softball players will have access to the local pitching guru, Denny Lauer, outside of the normal training times.
Can parents help out at training?
Absolutely. Ideally, we'll end up with 4-6 parent helpers that can make it each week. They'd be asked to do things like throw front toss to kids, hit groundballs, or help organize kids during strength training. In return, those folks will get coach-style training from our instructors, helping the parents understand the movements and skills we're teaching at a whole new level.
Will we be playing any tournaments?
If we have the numbers at certain ages, there's nothing keeping us from going out and playing a tournament, but that would be something we'd talk about as a group. We are teachers. Our focus is entirely on the kids and what they learn.
Come on, there've got to be some hidden costs here -- equipment, gear, something. . .
Not that we can think of. We'd love to spring for a couple of tshirts for kids so they have something stunning to wear for training. But depending on how many kids we'll have, we could be cutting it close on staying in the black -- this price is shockingly low if you price out other venues. (1/3 of the cost of some of the local competition, and we think there's no one who instructs better than us.)
This is designed for any ballplayer who is ready to take instruction and can sustain their attention while at a practice for 90 minutes. (Most 10 year-olds should be a good fit. It gets dicey the younger we go.) We'll go all the way up through high-school on the upper end.
When will this going down?
We'll fire things up on Oct. 4. Practices will happen every Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesdays we'll be from 7-8:30. Fridays are 5-6:30. Hopefully these times will help us avoid other after school activities on Wednesday and let the weekend get going on Fridays. There'll be a full calendar once we get going.
Will kids be pitching?
All of the baseball players will get some pitching training, but that won't be the focus of the throwing and arm care programs. Softball players will have access to the local pitching guru, Denny Lauer, outside of the normal training times.
Can parents help out at training?
Absolutely. Ideally, we'll end up with 4-6 parent helpers that can make it each week. They'd be asked to do things like throw front toss to kids, hit groundballs, or help organize kids during strength training. In return, those folks will get coach-style training from our instructors, helping the parents understand the movements and skills we're teaching at a whole new level.
Will we be playing any tournaments?
If we have the numbers at certain ages, there's nothing keeping us from going out and playing a tournament, but that would be something we'd talk about as a group. We are teachers. Our focus is entirely on the kids and what they learn.
Come on, there've got to be some hidden costs here -- equipment, gear, something. . .
Not that we can think of. We'd love to spring for a couple of tshirts for kids so they have something stunning to wear for training. But depending on how many kids we'll have, we could be cutting it close on staying in the black -- this price is shockingly low if you price out other venues. (1/3 of the cost of some of the local competition, and we think there's no one who instructs better than us.)