Private and Group Baseball Lessons

Conditioning (Private to 10)
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Elite Levels available
2 Week Training Blocks MWF Early Mornings in the Summer
Notice considerable improvements in each session.
Conditioning cardiovascular and muscular endurance
Attention to stamina in all athletic positions during baseball
Improving speed and foot work under conditioning conditions

Hitting (Private) 
3 Week Training Blocks 15 minutes x 5 days/week
Develop the ability to:
          Maintain proper balance to cover the inside to outside pitch
          Keep knees properly bent to adjust
          Adjust your arms to each pitch
          Keep the power in your hips
          Maximize momentum with proper rotation
          Keep bat proper distance from the body
          Properly load and transfer power
          Properly time the swing to the pitch
          Use the power of the back and front side of your body
          Correlate proper mechanics with the feel and sound of the hit
          Maximize Mental, Emotional, See, Hear, Feel (MESHF) hitting strategy
       
Hitting Strength and Conditioning (Private to 2)
2 Week Training Blocks 1 Hour x 2 days
          Extensive Joint-Work to maximize power at ball impact
          Begin with adjusting to 27 positions and progress to thousands of positions
          Be able to keep the head on the ball while rotating
          Train eye muscles to track the ball
          Improve bat speed
          Adjust bat angle for different pitches
          Improve power through the ball
          Gain strength in wrist and elbows
          Maximize impact strength

Pitching (Private)
Sample Training with Manually Assisted Corrective Motions 1.5 hours
2 Week Training Blocks with Manually Assisted Corrective Motions 1 hour x 3 days/week
          Half hour freeing up joints needed during pitching
          Master the concentration, poise, and presence on the mound
          Properly load back joints
          Properly use front leg in the wind-up and set
          Insure back and front legs are maximized in force production
          Involve unused body segments

Pitching Strength and Conditioning (Private to 6)
          Develop stability on back and front legs
          Condition to maximize transfer of force to the ball
          Gain core strength to rotate the entire spine and keep head still
          Gain range of motion in both arms to direct forces forward
          Develop strength and control for each joint needed during pitching
          Condition the shoulders, elbows, wrists and fingers
          Condition the hips, knees, ankles, and toes

Pitching-Catching Group Lessons (2 to 6)

Catching (Private to 4)
       
Catching Strength and Conditioning (Private to 8)

Fielding-Base Running Group Lessons (6 to 10)

Fielding-Base Running Strength and Conditioning (Private to 10)

Contact us at GetAhead@TheCytoAdvantage.com for your first training session. Half hour, hour, one and a half hour, and two hour sessions available.

The Cyto Coaching Advantage

We are in the heart of baseball season, and my little league players are loving playing in this window of perfect warmth. I am helping the minor league Dodgers of Horizon Little League. Being the new kid on the block and looking more like a mom than an baseball player, I have held back from offering more than catching balls for our head coach during drills, tweaking foot positions, and reminding kids of the mental aspects of the game. For the areas that coaches can tell the kids different things, I have kept my science to myself-until we had our first loss last week.

As we assessed our unique roles in the loss, we all found areas we can improve. For me, it was seeing that our hitting had plateaued, half the team struggled to make contact, and I was not doing anything about it. I asked our head coach for some time with the kids.

I made it simple for them. The two most important areas to master are reading the pitch and maintaining balance. There are other things I didn't tell them yet, like how to make the full swing and transfer their weight between the back half of their bodies and the front, though I was working these in them. Nor did I mention that I was secretly teaching their minds and their bodies to respond to the pitch. But the effects were immediate.

We went on a hitting spree our last game. We out-hit a good team 24 to 3 without a weak spot in our line-up. Our pitching and defense were tops too.

We all do not like to lose, but a loss can be used to motivate us work on things we won't otherwise. As a coach, the most difficult areas to overcome in a child are the self-defeating mental components that interfere with learning. It is one my favorite challenges, and I look for opportunities to make the best athletes by breaking through these unnecessary limitations with simple solutions.

 Testimonials: from the Team:

“We have a new hitting guru. She got all the kids to hit better.”

Bill Koch

Head Coach

HLL Minors Dodgers

“You've really improved his balance and his confidence. And now he hits doubles.”

Trish Curtis

Trevor Curtis' Mother

Horizon Little League, Dodgers Minors 2011

“Jack's now got both feet on the ground. He didn't before. He was moving. Now he has balance, and he's swinging through the ball. He's swinging hard, and he swings through the center of the ball! He is hitting well.”

Mike Wagner

Jack Wagner's Father

Horizon Little League, Dodgers Minors

“I have been hitting farther. I'm keeping my weight balanced.”

Grant Mileski

Age 11

Horizon Little League, Dodgers Minors

“My pitching is amazing now. She has helped me a lot with power and accuracy. I can't believe how well it [the specific exercises she gave me] worked.”

Chase Hamilton

11 years old

Horizon Little League, Dodgers Minors 2011

HLL, Cubs Major 2011