TBD’s 2007 College Preparatory Select Baseball Team

Total Baseball Development is inviting high school baseball players to practice and play on TBD’s first ever college preparatory select baseball team which will practice and play during April. Requirements are:

• Players eligible for high school baseball this coming summer
• Players dedicated, serious, and ambitious about getting better at the game of baseball
• Players interested in walking into the first day of high school practices on April 30th ready to go
• Players interested in entering the high school playing season with an edge on the competition
• Players wanting to play college baseball

TBD will run six full scale college style practices and three game days playing a minimum of two five inning games on each game day. A minimum of three instructors will be at each practice and game. All practices and games will be held at the Strikers Baseball Complex located at 4900 South Lewis Boulevard in Sioux City. Practices will cover, but will not be limited to: hitting, fielding, pitching, fly ball responsibility, cut-offs, bunting defense, bunting offense, situational hitting, double plays, Pitching Fielders Practice – PFPs,
base running, and rundowns. There will be competition incorporated into each practice, controlled scrimmages, and the mental side of the game will be addressed at every practice and game. Game day lineups will include a maximum of twelve hitters for each game, and pitchers will have pitch and inning count limitations for all practices and games. We encourage high school coaches to count attendance at the TBD practices and games as attendance at each schools official pitcher and catcher workouts during the month of April. We will also be in contact with coaches pertaining to pitching assignments as not to conflict with the Sunday spring league games.

Players will dress in an appropriate manner at all practices and games using, but not limited to, the following dress code:

• No facial rings or exposed jewelry
• No ‘on purpose’ sideways hats
• Jerseys will be tucked in at all times
• Pants will show the bridges of the stirrups
• White of the sanataries will show between the bottom of the bridges of the stirrups and the shoes

Cost per player will be $175 and each player will receive a game jersey with number that will be worn at all practices and games, a workout t-shirt, and a pair of sanitaries to keep. Each player will also receive a belt and a pair of stirrups that will be returned after the last game. Each player will be responsible for his own baseball pants, baseball equipment, and will wear his high school hat. The team roster will be limited to the first
twenty five players to sign up. To sign up or for more information call Bob Protexter at 712-276-2360.

2007 Schedule – Times subject to change and a collective request for time changes may be accommodated

4/12 - Practice - 5:30 - 8:00 4/19 - Practice - 5:30 - 8:00 4/25 - Practice - 5:30 - 8:30
4/13 - Practice - 5:30 - 8:00 4/20 - Practice - 5:30 - 8:00 4/26 - Practice - 5:30 - 8:30
4/14 – 2:00 vs. Iowa Lakes 4/21 – 2:00 vs. Nebraska Sluggers 4/27 – 6:00 vs. Spalding Catholic