PRO CAMP

We run our Pro Camp in the summer specifically for players who want to train at a high and intense level. It will be offered for 6 weeks over the summer to give our select, rep, and elite campers (and those who want to get to that level) an alternative skill development environment. The Pro camp, as the name suggests will be run by former professional, semi-pro and high level college players. To train like a pro, you have to learn from a pro!

We’ve recruited Jaz Shergill, who’s played professional baseball all over the world, along with a rich network of professional players to help out.

If you want to eventually throw 90+ m.p.h fastball, or hit a homerun over 400 feet, you need to learn from someone who’s actually done it! Our experts are going to show our most eager campers exactly that, and teach them the tricks they learned on the field on how to work towards the big leagues.

Of course, we still need some time to be silly! Life is too short to be taken seriously 24/7, and our Canadian summers are definitely too short not to have fun with friends at summer camp.

Instead, what we’ve done is integrated our new Pro Camp as a stream of our main camp. Campers enrolled will be able to attend Pro Camp in the mornings for an intense training session with the highest quality instruction, and then join in with our regular mainstream camp in the afternoon! This way kids can still bond with their favourite counsellors, stay connected with their friends, and don’t have to miss out on any of the summer fun (aka Wiffle Ball!!).

What to Expect at our Pro Camp

FOD Pro Baseball Camp featuring Jaz Shergill, will be run by former pros, semi-pros and top college players. This camp is for players who are serious about taking their game to the next level, and for those with the passion and work ethic to improve every day!

Pro Camp will including top instruction in Pitching, Hitting, Fielding, Base Running, and Baseball IQ. It will focus on the following:

HITTING

• Keeping the barrel in the hitting zone as consistently and effectively as possible
• Driving the baseball to all areas of the field
• Becoming a smart and situational hitter
• Learning how to read a pitcher and their plan
• Create a confident 2 strike approach, which will help develop an aggressive pre 2 strike approach
• Learn how to get easy base hits with push/drag bunts when infield is playing deep, or not expecting it; as well as learning to bring in the infield defense with a fake bunt if they are playing too deep

PITCHING

• Proper weighted ball, and velocity building program
• Teach players how to maximize their lower half and core power
• Proper mechanics to increase velocity and accuracy and decrease chances of arm pain and injuries
• How to grip and throw change ups, sliders, and curveballs effectively and safely
• How to pitch with a plan: set up hitters and put them away
• Proper velocity and durability building long toss program
• Hold and pick off runners using a variety of pick off moves, holds and looks
• Post-pitching arm care program to increase rate of recovery

BASE RUNNING

• How to pick up patterns of pitchers timing to anticipate when to steal
• Properly read a fly ball in the outfield and decide whether to tag up or run to the next base, and when and how to steal extra bases on hits to the outfield
• Create havov using aggressive leads, taking the next base on reading balls in the dirt and getting in the pitcher and fielder’s heads
• How to slide properly and different ways of sliding depending on where the ball is coming from
• How to read the first move of a left-handed pitcher

INFIELD

• Footwork at all positions including catcher
• Proper routes to the ball, and getting to the ball quicker, at all positions
• Proper positioning based on situations and hitters tendencies
• Proper read, position and communication on cutoff plays from the outfield
• Proper communication and to be a leader on the field

OUTFIELD

• Proper communication with outfielders and infielders
• Learn how to read and track fly balls, anticipate the flight of the ball and read and field ground balls
• Read situations to decide whether to hit the cut off or throw directly to a base
• Learn to track deep fly balls over their shoulders without losing speed or momentum

Additional Vaughan Pro Camp Information

For the Vaughan Pro Camp, we’re excited to announce a new arrangement for our morning training sessions, which will now take place at the Sports Village at Jane and Rutherford. This move to a larger field allows us to enhance key elements of our program, such as batting practice, real and modified games, simulated games, cutoffs, stations, and more.

At lunchtime, our full-day Pro Campers will be transported at no additional cost to Tudor Park with a staff member to join the rest of our regular camp for the afternoon. The bus ride takes just 5–7 minutes. Once at Tudor Park, they’ll have lunch and take part in afternoon activities like Wiffle Ball with the High Performance Camp group.

We believe this plan offers the best of both worlds: a focused and enhanced training experience in the morning, combined with the opportunity to spend the afternoon with friends and their favourite camp counsellors from the regular High Performance stream of our camps.

To summarize:

• Full-Day Pro Campers: Morning drop-off will be at Sports Village, and afternoon pick-up will be at Tudor Park.
• Half-Day Pro Campers: Both drop-off and pick-up will be at Sports Village.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.