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TRAINING/OPERATION MANUAL
Closing the Loop
“Agoodathletictraining
programrequiresan
objective,properequipment
and a routine. The best
coaching tip I can give you
istobeorganizedand
beequipped.”
Jim Lefebvre
MajorLeaguePlayer,
Coach&Manager
“Congratulations in
choosing the Casey Pro
3G,theofcialPitching
MachineofMajor
LeagueBaseball
®
.”
Foramanwhohascoachedandmanagedsomeofthehighest
proleplayersinthegametoday–marqueenameslikeKenGriffey
Jr.,MarkGrace,JoseConseco,MattWilliamsandSammySosa–Jim
Lefebvregetsmostanimatedwhenhetalksaboutbaseballwhile
sittinginhisownbackyard.
“Thisiswhereitallstarts,”Lefebvresays.“Allgreatballplayers
startedinthebackyardwiththeirfather,ormaybeabrother
or neighbor.”
Itisthisbackyardvenueandtheneighborhoodparksthatwill
producethehighprolehittersandthedefensivestandoutsof
tomorrow.Anditisthosesamefathersandbrothers,momsand
neighborswhowillhelpthesewould-beMajorLeaguersrealize
their dreams.
“TheCaseyPro3Gisthemostexcitingpieceoftrainingequipmentto
comealonginyearsfordevelopingthereexskillsofaballplayer.”
The‘PRO’issoversatileinitsapplicationfordrillsthatitislike
havinganextracoachontheeld.
“Over time and using the many advance training technologies
available,therehasdevelopedasystematicmethodofteaching
thefundamentalprinciplesofhittingandelding.”However,those
fundamentalsremainthesametodayaswhenthe‘Babe’strodeto
the plate!”
This manual offers these fundamental principles in a way that allows
anyone,afather,amother,abrotherorneighbortocoachanathlete
tobecomeahighprolehitterandagreatdefensiveperformer.But,
insteadofdrymechanicsandcomplicatedtheories,youwilllearnthe
brilliance of simplicity!
Here’showeasyitis.
“Sustained,optimumperformanceisthegoalofanytraining
program.Andaplayer’spersonalgoalshouldbetocontinually
elevate his level of performance.”
There are four levels of performance and using hitting as an
example,hereishowtheywork.
Theinitiallevelisthemomentitself,whenyouradrenalinesurges,
igniting your Swing Thought. This is called the Broad Level
of performance.
Thenextlevel,theBroad Internal,occurswhenyoubeginprocessing
the mechanical or technical aspects of your swing. You actually
visualizewhatyouwilldototheball.
JIM LEFEBVRE’S
TRAINING
PROGRAM