West Hills Performance Baseball Center

Grand Opening Event on September 18th from 10:00 to 4:00 for FREE!!!

mreese — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:34:17 +0000

Mike Blowers of the Seattle Mariners will be on hand to help the Performance Baseball Center kick-off our second season. Instructors will be on hand for several free demonstrations; discounts will be available for lesson plans, clinics and hitting cards and much, much, more.

Registration for the free clinics will start at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Mike Blowers will host an open presentation on his experiences in the game of Baseball. This open discussion, with questions and answers, will be from 10:00 to 10:45 on the main floor of the Performance Baseball Center. From 11:00 to 11:45, Mike Blowers will conduct a seminar on hitting and defense. This event is free to the first 24 players that RSVP. From 12:00 to 12:45, Mike Blowers will be available for autographs and questions.

At 1:00 p.m. Seattle University will present a free baseball clinic to the youth players of Kitsap County. Head Coach Donny Harrel and several Seattle University players will be on hand to perform key drills and describe essential skill sets for young players to be successful in the game of baseball. Twenty-four player slots are available for this spectacular opportunity. Please RSVP with your son’s name to attend.

From 3:00 to 4:00, Scott Hatteberg of the Boston Red Sox will be on hand to present a free hitting clinic. Scott is from Yakima, Washington and was drafted in the first round in 1991. He played 13 years in professional baseball for the Oakland A’s, Red Sox, and Reds from 1995 to 2008. Only 24 player slots are available, please RSVP to hold a spot for your son for this amazing event.

Please help us celebrate a great summer of baseball in Kitsap County and welcome in a new training season at the Performance Baseball Center. RSVP is required. The cost is free to attend.

Please contact Mike Reese at mreese@westhillsvipers.com or 360.440.8371.

Develop your process

mreese — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:53:13 +0000

Batting practice is the time to practice doing what you are going to do in the game and focus on the ingredients of hitting; get prepared to hit, have a plan or a mission in mind when you step in, execute that plan. Your mission may be to hit the ball the other way, keep your head down on the ball, or simply to see the ball and hit it. The key is to have something specific in mind when you step in, some clear purpose for going to the plate.

Quality at Bats

mreese — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:48:40 +0000

Hitting is a confidence game. Not surprisingly, most players let their confidence be determined by whether or not they are getting hits. The heads-up player, however, bases his confidence on his approach. This idea is “working the process”. In hitting, working the process translates into “quality at bats.” You can’t control getting hits, but you can control the quality of your at bats. The more quality at bats you have, the more hits you are likely to get. Develop your process!!