This summer the Mesa HIT Center will be running a youth (ages 13-18) baseball strength and conditioning camp.  The purpose of the camp is to teach athletes proper strength training techniques, improve speed and most importantly, to have fun.

As Arizona is known for producing high caliber players, the right attitude and preparation begins much earlier.  This means learning the proper fundamentals of strength training and conditioning.  From past experience, I  can tell you that the vast majority of coaches would rather have kids that can work harder than others and show up prepared and ready to go, rather than kids the rely solely on natural talent alone to carry them.  We desire to begin teaching these valuable tools early on, including how to function as a team player.  Our goal is to see that young athletes look forward to conditioning in their chosen sport and understand the need to do so.

Strength and conditioning programs are now a widely accepted and valuable asset to every college and university athletic program.  Several years ago at the College World Series in Omaha, Louisiana State University played what the announcers began calling “gorilla ball,” a term for how many homeruns LSU hit during the series.  When then head coach Skip Bertman was asked about his teams power, he quickly attributed it to the great job of the strength and conditioning program at the school.   Why wait for your child to begin learning these fundamental concepts when we can start teaching them now?