Overview (Registration)

DYBSA Baseball Skills Training Program is designed for players of all skill levels who want to train like elite athletes. This program emphasizes skill mastery, baseball IQ, confidence-building, and mental development. While we strive to make the game accessible and fun, this is a serious, mastery-based program with no games—it is intended to supplement the DYBSA regular season.

Similar to martial arts, players will progress through different levels of individual skill development. The program is led by professional coaching staff, with parent volunteer participation encouraged. There are no tryouts or cuts—all players are welcome!

Eligibility

This program is open to all players from ages 5 through 14 and there are no cuts. The program acknowledges different players develop at different rates. 

Dates, Sessions, and Fees

• Season Dates: April 21 – June 2 (No practice on May 26; make-up session later that week)
  • PreK–1st Grade: Mondays, 5:00–6:30 PM
  • 2nd Grade & Above: Tuesdays, 5:00–6:30 PM
• Outdoor practices at a Deerfield field (weather permitting). Rainouts will be rescheduled at The Yard based on availability.

Cost: $150 for 7 sessions (No refunds)

Coaching Staff

Illinois Baseball Academy has been hired to execute this program with their professional coaching staff.  We will utilize their coaches strengths to provide specific coaching for things like pitching, fielding, sportsmanship, and hitting.  We also encourage player parents/coaches to supplement, learn tips, and teach the Warrior Way and DYBA Travel Baseball Technique Guide.  

The Program

The DYBSA Baseball Skills Training Program consists of highly structured and organized practice sessions where individual development is the focus.  The program will make it fun and age appropriate but be a pathway to both varsity and college baseball.

The program is designed to maximize player development and minimize the focus on results. The program will require players to commit to a process over an outcome. This will redirect focus on what is within each player’s inner locus of control; discipline, motivation, and organization, and drive the actions needed to necessitate the outcome each player is moving towards.  This will therefore move player’s focus away from results including all stats (batting average, on base percentage, ERA), wins and losses, strikeouts etc.  The goal of the program is to cultivate players' love for the game and feeling of developmental progress.  The measure of success is individual player progress rather than individual achievement. (Registration)