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BAT-R-UP
BATTING CAGES
Southern Nevada’s
finest year-round indoor baseball & softball
training facility is dedicated to fulfilling the
needs of players of all ages and abilities. Bat
R Up is a state of the art indoor baseball
training facility that includes indoor batting
tunnels, coin-operated batting cages, a pro
shop, batting stations and the most experienced
instructors in Southern Nevada.
Bat R Up offers
comprehensive clinics throughout the year for
players ages 5-17. These clinics emphasize
fundamental improvement for young players and
advance training for older players. All clinics
are designed to enhance their skills and to gain
a competitive advantage. Participation is
limited to assure quality instruction.
Bat R Up offers
individualized, year-round professional baseball
instruction. Our staff uses a uniform
step-by-step teaching system to encourage
positive progress with all our students.
The Bat R Up instruction staff is made up of
former and current professional players, college
standouts and area high school graduates.
Bat R Up’s
token-operated baseball and softball batting
cages are available to the public on a walk-in
basis any time during the facility's hours of
operation. The machines allow hitters to select
pitching speeds ranging from 35 to 75 miles per
hour. Our coin-operated batting cages allow you
to choose between baseball or softball pitches
with a variety of different speeds.
Bat R Up’s multi-use
tunnels can be rented in 15-minute intervals.
Each tunnel is suitable for individual or team
hitting instruction or practice.
Our training area
allows players to fine tune their hitting skills
or work on drills they have learned during a
private lesson. The room is equipped with
training aids such as tees, ball bins for
soft-toss and pitching mounds for pitching
instruction.
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College Placement Program at Bat R Up
a grand slam in helping Southern Nevada's
top baseball prospects find get to the next
level
Bat R Up is pleased to offer its exclusive
College Placement Program, which assists high
school baseball players in getting to the next
level behind the area’s No. 1 liaison – Buck
Thomas - between Southern Nevada and College
Baseball Programs.
Buck has assisted and taken hundreds of
families through the financial aid process, the
clearinghouse process, the proper preparation
for the SAT and ACT tests, he monitors grades
and grade-point averages and has the access to
tutors who can help get players to the necessary
levels for college entry.
Coach Thomas has played, coached and worked
with some of the top college coaches in the
country, has been affiliated with some of the
most respected baseball camps and remains in
contact with hundreds of colleges across the
nation.
Buck gets a weekly update from each and every
coach he’s come into contact with, and know
their needs for pitching, hitting, whether or
not it’s a left-handed hurler or power slugger
for their following year’s lineup. He has found
a knack for deciphering what kind of grades a
certain player may need to get into certain
colleges, and can open those doors that have
never been opened before.
For each individual player, Buck finds what
he likes to call the best fit for your child,
whether he is a top tier Division 1 player or
the average ball player looking to use baseball
as a vehicle to get a college education and just
needs to hone his skills at the junior college
level to get to that bigger program.
Again, Coach Thomas has placed more than 100
high school baseball and softball players in
just the past two years alone, and the list
keeps growing! He has placed baseball and
softball players at every level from Division I,
II and III, to NAIA and Junior College.
Those interested in becoming a part of a
fantastic opportunity can contact Bat R Up at
(702) 647-3844 or email
Buck Thomas.
PROFESSIONAL
INSTRUCTION
AVAILABLE AT
BAT-R-UP
AL RAMIREZ
... BUCK THOMAS
JEFF SCHOLZEN
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... TOMMY PHAM
At the highest level,
baseball training revolves around strength conditioning,
speed training and flexibility training. Successful
baseball players also use Plyometrics and specific lifts
to increase their upper and lower body power. Physical
training has become a lost method and deemed unnecessary
to many coaches during their practices, as many coaches
perceive strength conditioning as detrimental to the
needed motor skills required by players.
Modern day baseball
players are great ball players, but even better
athletes. Professional players tend to be lean and
extremely quick. And studies have shown that
baseball-specific programs can significantly increase
production by the common baseball player.
Power training - through
Plyometrics (a type of exercise training designed to
produce fast, powerful movements) or Ballistics (the
science that deals with the motion, behavior) can
increase a baseball player's speed and agility. It can
also improve throwing and batting velocity much more
than the garden variety weight training done in a weight
room.
Shoulder injuries tend to
be a major concern in baseball, as pitching places an
inordinate amount of stress on the shoulder complex. And
while strength conditioning can help prevent such
injuries, traditional weight lifting exercises may not
be suitable in targeting the correct muscles or the
correct movement patterns. At Bat R Up, special
exercises are easily adopted into a baseball training
program to help significantly reduce the risk of overuse
damage.
Check our
INSTRUCTION page
for more details, and contact us at 647-3844 to book
your lesson.
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