RST Baseball
Nobody Will Out Work Us!
Pitching • Hitting • Fielding • Physical • Mental
Baseball • Physical • Mental
RST BASEBALL MISSION
Nobody Will Out Work Us!
RST Baseball welcomes individuals who are committed to improving their skills, playing competitively and living by the RST Baseball motto "Nobdy Will Out Work Us!". The RST Baseball program was formed in 2008 with a goal of providing an environment for players that want to improve their skills through quality instruction, hard work, repetition, competitve games, and strength & conditioning. In addition, we will provide the guidance to push forward to high school and college baseball. Our coaches have relationships with several high school coaches and college coaches.
Learn MoreExpectations
All RST Baseball players are expected and taught to work hard, play hard, and conduct themselves in a respectful manner, on and off the field at all times. Baseball is a difficult game and a game of failure, so RST Baseball teaches and demands good sportsmanship and attitude, respecting the game and others, and how to bounce back from adversity. These are the types of characteristics that will serve them well in life after baseball.
Commitment
Our coaches are committed to helping our players achieve their goals and to teach the necessary skills to compete at the high school and college level. Coaches are not just selected for their knowledge of the game, but also for their ability to teach and to develop a good working relationship with our players. We believe our coaches should sweat and live in the trenches with our players. Living in the trenches, sweating, and doing the workouts and drills with the players develops a deeper level of trust that will allow a player to put it all on the line and push the envelope.
The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful.
If your goal is to play High School and College Baseball we will put in the HARD WORK TOGETHER to get you there.
CloseBaseball Skills
From The Ground Up
Pitching
The RST approach to pitching is a "ground up" approach. Before looking at arm slots, release points, or grips, we first develop the back leg load and front foot stability. Without a proper back leg load all power must be generated in the arm. Without front foot stability all power is absorbed in the arm. One or both of these lead to arm injuries. The next steps in the development include: leading with the front hip, breaking from the glove, equal and opposite, shoulder separation, clean finish, then finally the arm and hand (arm slots, release points and grips). Pitching Mechanics
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The RST approach to hitting is a "ground up" approach. Before looking at swing paths or hands, we first develop the balance and stability (feet & legs) to eventually execute an explosive swing. Without proper balance and stability explosive power can not be generated on a consistent basis. The next steps in the development include: triggering on every pitch, rotating to the ball, point of contact, staying inside the ball, extension, and finishing. Hitting Mechanics
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The RST approach to fielding is a "ground up" approach. Before looking at how a player throws across the diamond, we first develop the balance, agility, and foot work to get around the ball, step into the ball, shuffle/crow-hop and load, to unload the throw. Without balance, agility, and foot work the fielder will not be in a good position to field cleanly, transfer easily, and throw efficiently. The next steps in the development include: short hop habituals, bare hand drills, ball-hand transfer drills, and of course in and outs.
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Full Body Development
Strength
The RST approach to strength is a full body approach. Every baseball action is a full kinetic chain activity, feet, legs, hips, core, lower back, upper back, shoulders, upper arm, forearm, wrist, hand, fingers. If the kinectic chain is weak at any point energy (power, velocity, accuracy, speed) will disipate or leak out. Our philiosphy includes the thinking that players will become more mechanically efficient as they develop their entire body strength. The body has the ability to reorganize itself when put under physical stress to become more efficient to handle the stress.
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The RST approach to speed is the new school thinking "You CAN Teach Speed", with dedicated training. Slower runners either have inefficiencies in their running mechanics and/or weaknesses in their kinectic chain. Identifing these issues could lead to an almost instant improvement. Some of the drills included in speed training is resistance training, skip drills, deep lean starts, lay down starts, and of course regular interval training.
Learn More - SpeedAgility
The RST approach to agility is to develop a better athlete. Athletes are more dynamic, better balanced, quicker, and can do more things more explosively all while making it look effortless. In short "Agility is defined as the ability to move nimbly with speed and ease." Some of the drills include ladder work, cone work, lunge work, box jumps, plyometrics, medi ball work, and more.
Learn More - AgilityMental Skills
Nobody Will Out Think Us!
Approach & Confidence
Hitting and pitching is not just about the physical mechanics. Though, mechanics are important in the grand scheme of things, the support of a players mind, or lack thereof, is what ultimately dictates a player's success. When hitters go from batting practice to game situations, they simply don't forget how to swing a bat. When pitchers go from the bullpen to game situations, they simply don't forget how to deliver the baseball. They've had thousands and thousands of mechanical repetitions.
But what mental repetitions has a hitter or pitcher earned through daily practice to rely on when they enter the batter's box?
What mental skills are in place to deal with the potential pressures, consequences and statistics of a game situation?
What have hitters and pitchers done through a daily mental practice to insure that their mind is quiet, clear, relaxed and free?
Does a physically prepared swing or pitch delivery necessarily translate into a prepared mind?
One of the major reasons why hitters and pitchers may find that their physical preparation may not be translating into game situations
is because they haven't worked on their mental approach, visualization, and confidence. In many cases, it may simply be because
they've never delved into this part of the game. They've never identified what their mental approach is, and/or how to work on
it through various drills, strategies and mental exercises (e.g. relaxation, imagery, visualization).
RST Baseball develops the mental side of the game in every aspect of training and games.