What are Gamers Academy Teams?
- For 8-11u teams & players
- Traditional dad-coached and managed teams ...
- ... combined with 8 week off-season Gamers instructional program, taught by Gamers' coaches
- Plus access to All-Star Performance training facilities for off-season and in-season practices
- Gamers program uniform pricing from Johnny Mac's
The Result:
- Basically the same as most youth team team programs in the region ===> Dad coached team combined with instructional program and access to facilities
- But is is the Gamers instruction program => which is the best around...
- ... Combined with All-Star Performance => the best baseball training center in the region
- At a very reasonable cost
Key Features of Program
- Gamers 8 week instructional program, taught by Gamers coaches
- Access to All-Star Performance for off-season and in-season training and practices
- Tournaments and league schedule determined by coaches
- All volunteer or dad coaches make roster and lineup decisions
- Access to Gamers style of play, life lesson and coaching program (but no oversight or enforcement by Gamers directors)
- Gamers Academy uniform package from Johnny Mac's
- Combination of above --good program quality, low cost compared to other options
Differences between Gamers Academy Teams and Gamers Teams (10-12u)
- Gamers teams have direct oversight from Gamers directors on coaching, team performance and individual player performance
- Gamers teams include coaching, academic, life lesson and style of play policies and programs (this is optional for Academy team coaches)
- Gamers teams have significantly more hours of professional instruction/coaching hours in off-season and in-season practices (Academy teams just have similar instructional hours as other local programs)
- Gamers teams play most competitive schedule possible (Academy teams will play a talent-approprirate schedule determined by the coaches)
- Expectations of Gamers players/teams are vey high (Academy team expectations are more flexible and talent appropriate)
- Gamers teams are more expensive than Academy Teams, because of the additional training/instruction and more intensive schedule