The Garden of Gears is pleased to make this offer to all who dare to raise the bar on their baseball skills to a level they never thought possible. All you have to do to join the program is to make the following commitments:

• Training - As a member of the Gears, every day including Game Day is a spring training day.
• Sportsmanship - As a member of the Gears, you will learn how to win and how not to lose.
• Skills - The Garden of Gears will teach you the skills necessary to grow as a player and as a team.

Hustle One of Game’s greatest players was Pete Rose; his nickname was “Charley Hustle.” Hustling is the difference between a good team and a great team and between a good player and a great player. As a member of the Garden of Gears you will always:

• Sprint from the on-deck circle to the batter’s box;
• Sprint to first base on a base on balls;
• Sprint to the dugout, to the mound, from and to the bull pen, sprint everywhere.
• Sprint each and every time you leave the batter’s box toward first base (unless a ball is obviously foul, and when in doubt, sprint toward first -let the umpire make the call);
• Sprint out all fly balls. Even if you are on base with two outs when the catch is made, sprint across the field to the dugout;
• Sprint back to the dugout after a ground out;
• Sprint to the next base when you are on base and the batter walks;
• Sprint to your position or to the dugout even after you make an out;

Training To the day you hang up your cleats, there will always be new challenges:

• New skills to acquire;
• New situations for which you must learn how to properly react;
• New agility skills to conquer;
• New drills to master skills at a higher level;
• New strength and endurance exercises to work on to become faster, stronger, and quicker.