Coaching Philosophy One of the "great truths" of teaching baseball is that the coach must be patient in teaching the player.  Lack of patience by coaches and parents can be a great hindrance in how quickly a player learns a skill. The learning of baseball skills and the mastering of the many techniques needed in baseball often require a lot of work, and sometimes that work involves a lot of "dull repetition".  Your most difficult job at the youth level is to balance the work eneded to improve with the fun of playing. You are coaching baseball players, not baseball!!  All decisions that you make during a game revolve around who is to do it more than what is to be done.  The abilities of the players involved must be considered as strongly as or even more so than the game situation.	"Baseball Coaches Academy is a great place. As a player I learned a lot from coach Piergustavo, it is the ideal place to learn the game and train in the off-season. ." JP Pyne, Head coach Daniel Webster College
Defense/Throwing Mechanics Four Corner Throwing - Four Players Four Corner Throwing - Three Players Throwing for time/distance Relay Short hop drill w/ partner Short hop drill w/ coach Ground ball game Double play ground ball game Basic Fly Balls Quarterback Drill Shoestring Catches Coach controlled game situations Hitting Tee Drills Soft Toss Short Toss Situational Hitting Live Batting Practice/with fungos Game situations/Coach Throw	Mission Statement We will always be committed to proper training and teaching of baseball skills.  It is our goal that all our players leave our programs better players than when they came in.  Our players will understand that baseball is not only the greatest game in the world, but also a lot of fun.  All our instructors are teachers first, coaches second.  We will always emphasize the teaching of proper mechanics and fundamentals and never try to sell an empty philosophy.