Atec Casey PRO 3G - Developing Defensive Skills

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The Swing Thought
IntheMajorLeague
70%ofalllinedrives
result in a base hit.
Interestingly,37%of
hard grounders will get
youonbase,whileonly
17%ofballshitintothe
air will get you safely to
rst.“Hitting370can
win you a batting title!”
WhentheCaseyPro3Gisonly50’awaywithamediumspeedsetting,
thereducedreactiontimeisequivalenttoa75mphpitch.Thisiswhy
youworkthisroutinewithouttakingastride.
Theseroutineswilldevelopthenaturalskillsofanyplayer.Theywill
helptohonethoseskillstothepointthattheybecomeunconscious
reex.Thisfreesthehittertofocusonreadingtheball(pitch),making
the best use of the short reaction time.
Repetition is a critical factor in all training. Repetition allows such
development and will lead to the enhanced performance levels that
aretheobjectiveofallhighproleperformers.Nothingbuttimespent
effectively in practice can accomplish this. There is no shortcut to
the process.
THE HIGH PROFILE DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Hittingisonlyhalfthegame.Youcan’tloseiftheotherteam
doesn’t score!
“There is no substitute for time in play with live game conditions to
developyourdefensiveskillsandreactiontimes,”saysLefebvre.No
othertrainingequipmentavailabletodaygivesyouthecontrolled
versatilityoftheCaseyPro3Ginduplicatingthisreal-timegameaction.
“The same principles practiced with the hitting program should be
appliedtoyourdefensivepracticesessions.Thatis,Warm-up, Form-up
and Time-up,allinanefforttocontinuallyraiseyourlevel
of performance.”
Thisprogramwillreneyoureldingskillsaswellasenhanceyour
general conditioning program in the process.
Asthoseskillsbecomeanaturalunconsciousreex,allyouneeddois
focusonreadingtheballandmakingtheplay.
WARM-UP
Objective
 • Stretch&loosenupslowly.
 • Focusonreadingtheball.
Equipment
 • Glove
 • Acoupledozenballs
Routine
 • Developaslowstretchingregimentoinsureagainstinjury(10
  minutesminimum).Fieldingrequiresagreatdealoflateral
  movement.Whilelegsandarmsarekey,yourtorsoandallother
  musclegroupsarealsoimportantandshouldbeworked.
 • Throwingathalfspeed,playcatchwithanotherpersonorwitha
  pitch-backtypescreen.
JIM LEFEBVRE’S
TRAINING
PROGRAM
TRAINING/OPERATION MANUAL