Baseball Academy
If you want to be an impact player on your team next season, have a dream of playing university or professional ball one day, or just want to play baseball during school, this program is for you! The Baseball Academy is suitable for novice and elite ball players who enjoy and excel in the sport along with earning class credit while doing so.
Our student athletes will train at one of the largest and best indoor baseball facilities in Western Canada, The Dome Red Deer, with a professional coaching staff, under one of the best athletic development systems in Alberta.
Middle school students will receive approximately 72+ hours of on-field training plus over 18 hours of strength, conditioning, speed training and multi sport game play experiences. Middle school Academies operate for the entire school year and will be every other day.
High school students:
- One semester option will receive approximately 100 hours of strength, conditioning, speed and on field training.
- Full year programming will receive approximately 200 hours of strength, conditioning, speed and on field training.
What to expect:
- A world class indoor baseball facility
- Coaches that have played or coached at the college/university, professional, and national team / Olympic levels
- Coaches and staff committed to developing the person and the player
- Coaches who are passionate about every single player improving, enjoying their athletic development journey, and accomplishing their personal athletic goals
- Technical, tactical, physical, mental, and character/lifestyle development
- Coaches and staff committed to placing players at the right colleges to continue their baseball journey
- Baseball technology as a tool to develop and track progress
- Learning proper nutrition
- Middle school program will operate out of Westpark Middle and Central Middle Schools
- Students living outside this school boundary will attend Westpark Middle School as School Of Choice
- High school program will operate out of Hunting Hills High and Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High Schools where students will have 90 mins per day of baseball development at The Dome Red Deer from September to June
Our Facility: The Dome Red Deer
- 107,000 square feet (great for full indoor baseball games, long toss, and seeing ball flight)
- 80 foot ceiling height at the peak
- Full MLB infield
- 4 full size batting cages
- Weight room
- High Performance Center (unique to Canada)
- Café for lunch, shakes, and snacks
- A multi-purpose room for video analysis and meetings
Costs
- Middle School - $1050 a year
- High School - $3100 a year or $1650 for a one semester option
