NWI Shockers Youth Travel Baseball 9U - 10U - 11U - 12U - 13U - 14U
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John Mallee
MLB Hitting Coach - Senior Advisor of Baseball Operations for the Toronto BlueJays and founder of the Northwest Indiana Shockers youth travel baseball teams
• 15 Years as a Professional Baseball Coach with Florida Marlins, Montreal
Expos and Milwaukee Brewers
• 9 years with the Florida Marlins. In charge of all levels of hitters in their minor
league system
• Hitting Coordinator for the 2003 World Champion Florida Marlins
• 2005 Florida Marlins “Man of the Year”
• 3 years playing professionally with Philadelphia Phillies
• Travels nationally speaking on the “6 Absolutes of a Professional Hitter.”
• Owner John Mallee Pro Style Baseball School
• Given over 18,000 private lessons
2012 Shockers Travel teams.
John Mallee along with his professional staff will help train the team throughout the winter and early spring months. The team will practice once a week during the winter at a facility for 1 1/2 hrs per week. Each team will be limited to 12 players to insure everyone gets equal playing time.
What are the costs to participate? The cost for the 2012 season is $1295.00. This amount is much lower than the majority of travel teams in the area. This cost will allow the Shockers team to play a minimum of 25 league games along with 5-6 tournaments (each tournament is a 3-game minimum).
What do the players get for the players fees?
• All participation fees for league and tournament play
• Field rentals and umpire fees
• Winter training facility rental
• Training and Clinics given by professional coaches from the Florida Marlins minor league organization as well as the Gary Railcats
• Professional Customized uniforms including playing jerseys (2 to 3 shirt combinations)
• 1 pair of durable playing pants (with belt-loops)
• Customized hats, belts, socks
• Customized bat bag
• Customized Batting Helmet
NWI Shockers Instructors and & Staff
• John Mallee - Major League Batting Coach - Founder and President of the NWI Shockers
• Joe Fushi - Co-Founder of the NWI Shockers
• Dale Hirschfield - General Manager of the NWI Shockers
• Jay Jones - White Sox training academy instructor
• Mick Curran - Gary SouthShore Railcats hitting coach
What is the winter training program?
Players selected for the Northwest Indiana Shockers summer travel team will train a minimum of once a week throughout out the winter months. John Mallee will coach the team until he leaves for spring training in late January. Professional training clinics will include: Hitting - “The 6 Absolutes of a Professional Hitter”; Major league base-running concepts; 1st and 3rd Team Defense; Bunt Defense, In-fielding basics; Out-fielding basics; Catching and Pitching mechanics and drills. Teams will follow the same training drills and practice structure that Minor and Major league teams utilize in professional baseball.
We look forward to making this the best learning and playing experience for our players.
For more Information:
Email us at info@indianashockers.com
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10U Team looking for 2 players
For more Information:
Email us at nealwallacecpa@comcast.net
11U Team is looking to add one player,
a pitcher/middle infielder
For more Information:
Email us at dhirschfield@danacompanies.com
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Congratulations to the Indiana Shockers 2012 12U team for being selected to play in the “Little Majors World Series”.
'Little Majors Baseball' features the best '12u boys' baseball teams in America. From November 11th-13th, Premier teams representing al 30 MLB™ franchises will compete in the '2011 LMB World Series', being held at 'Big League Dreams Sports Park' near Dallas, TX!
Teams will compete in true big league style...wearing MLB uniforms and playing ball in replica versions of Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium!
Several of the top-ranked travel-select teams in America have accepted the honor of representing their local MLB team, but, in the end, only one will hoist the World Series trophy!