Who? Messiah College Baseball
What? High School Prospect Camp
When? April 15th from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Where? Messiah Baseball field at Starry Athletic Complex
Why? Messiah College Baseball prospect camps provide a great opportunity for prospective student-athletes to display their abilities to the Falcon Baseball staff, while continuing to develop and hone their skills.
How Much? $100
Objective
The purpose of our camp is to make every individual a better baseball player and assist those players who have interest in attending Messiah College. The camp is designed for High School players who want to learn advanced college instruction and play like the professionals. We successfully accomplish this by building on strengths and improving areas of weakness.
Instructor to camper ratio will be no higher than 1:6 to ensure that all campers get ample individualized evaluation/instruction. Both offensive and defensive skill evaluation/instruction will be given.
Campers will be put through a series of stations which will emphasize the mechanics and techniques related to their given position. The Camp will also include drills to help players increase running speed, bat speed and arm strength. High scores in these areas are the things college coaches are looking for in their recruits/prospects. Improvements in these areas are beneficial in regards to obtaining baseball scholarship offers or guaranteed roster spots. All of our current recruits have come from our prospects camps.
Format
The first part is set up in a pro style tryout format. Players will be put through a series of metric testing to assess their running speed, bat speed and arm strength. Then, they will be put through a modified intra-squad to help analyze their skill sets under game conditions.
During the second half of the camp, players will be given instruction based off of what their individual strengths and weaknesses are, as shown during the evaluation phase. There will also be another game at the end of the day to hopefully incorporate new skills learned during instruction time.
We feel this format is extremely valuable to player development, as each player will be analyzed and given drills and techniques to improve in designated areas. We also like to see how campers incorporate what they have learned. Our camp is more than pay your money, tryout and leave. We care about our campers!
Location
The camp will be held at the Starry Athletic Field Baseball Complex located at the rear of the Messiah College campus.
Equipment
Please dress in normal outdoor practice attire, appropriate cleats/shoes and bring glove and bat. Catchers please bring catchers gear. We suggest baseball pants.
If you have any questions please contact:
Camp Coordinator and Assistant Coach Joe Saufley at baseballga@messiah.edu or (717) 418-1111
Camp Director and Head Coach Pat Lightle at plightle@messiah.edu or 717-766-2511 x:316