HOW WE DO IT ?
(Pour la version en français, CLIQUEZ ICI)
By ticking off what contributes to achieving excellence (Ericsson & al, 2019):
# 1 - Deliberate Practice +++ "Reps remove doubt"
- Individualized training of a trainee by a well-qualified teacher (guide / mentor);
- Teacher must communicate the goal to be achieved by the trainee (and the trainee can internally represent this goal during practice);
- Teacher can describe a practice activity to attain the identified goal of performance (allows the trainee to get immediate feedback on a given attempt);
- Trainee is able to make repeated revised attempts that gradually approach the desired goal performance.
- The ABC offers to the players a schedule of 15 to 25 hours of structured training all year and a challenging competition schedule of around 100 games (from mid-February to mid-October):
- Spring season (mid February to end of April) (50 games)
- We present 2 teams (ABC Premier & ABC Prospect) and play de following schedule:
- Trip to Virginia USA to play PDG Academy
- Trip to Florida USA to play multiple baseball academies (P27, Reborn Academy, Pro5)
- Trip to NY and NJ USA to play against baseball academies & colleges (5 Tool, Citius Prep, Mercer County CC & Rowan College)
- Exhibition games against Frontier League teams (Capitales Quebec, Aigles Trois-Rivieres and Ottawa Titans)
- Summer season (May to mid-August) (from 50 to 60 games)
- We present 2 teams (ABC 16U & ABC 17U) and play the following schedule:
- 16U team schedule (around 60 games):
- Ligue Baseball Junior Elite Quebec (LBJEQ) (18 games)
- Canadian Premier Baseball League (CPBL) season + playoffs (30 games)
- Perfect Game 16U Canadian National Championship Tournament in London ON
- Mid-season LBJEQ tournament
- Amateur Baseball Championship (invite) Tournament in Westfield, Indianapolis USA
- Canada Games
- 17U team schedule (aroud 50 games):
- Canadian Premier Baseball League (CPBL) season + playoffs (30 + games)
- CPBL Showcase weekend
- Perfect Game 18U Canadian National Championship Tournament in London ON
- Perfect Game 17U WWBA National in Marietta, Georgia, USA
- PBR 17U National Championship in Emerson, Georgia, USA
- CPBL All-Star weekend (for selected players)
- Fall season (September & October) (around 25 games):
- Exhibition games against canadian high schools, colleges and universities
- Visit to Pro5 academy in North Carolina, USA
- Invitation only events (for selected players)
# 2 - Genetics of the program
- Recruitment based on Talent identification and detection system (pro model)
- CLICK HERE to learn more about the recruiting process at the ABC
- Definition of Talent:
- Physical Tools --> Strength, Speed, Power, Anthropometry. Often out of the ordinary "to the eye".
- Baseball Tools --> How a player uses his physical tools. Specific tools. Bat speed +. Velocity +.
- Statistics --> Efficiency. Some guys just find a way.
- Athleticism --> How a player moves. Making it look easy.
- Mindset / Makeup --> How the player reacts to adversity. Discipline. Good teammate. Competitive. If average elsewhere, here must be ++.
- Project now vs later for these categories. Identify if flaws can be developed.
# 3 - "Eagles don't fly with pigeons" - Ray Lewis
- Development through competition
- Culture and support
- Filtered environment
- Pressure training
- Tight schedule
- Creating learning contexts
- Ecological approach
- Constraints
- Mentoring and Leadership
- Formula 1 and Sports Science - Scientific method
- Visuomotor Acuity (Institut National du Sport du Québec - INSQ)
- Performance Determinants (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières - UQTR)
- Sleep (Centre d'études avancées en médecine du sommeil - CÉAMS)
# 4 - Management, development staff, baseball support and specialists
For the best possible development, athletes at the ABC can count on the support of interveners from many different spheres. Throughout their time with the ABC, players can count on the program's management and coaches, Baseball Quebec employees, external specialists (mental coach, nutritionist, kinesiologist, sprints specialist, Northern Pre-University, Athlete Recruiting Center, etc.), the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur and Baseball Quebec and it's board of Directors.
- Management of the ABC
- Marc-Antoine Berube (Executive Director)
- Ray Callari (Director of player development)
- Please click here for the management bios
- Development staff
- Karl Gelinas (Pitching coordinator | 17U manager)
- Mathieu Dion (Pitching instructor | 16U manager)
- Benjamin Pelletier (Hitting coordinator)
- Samuel Poliquin (Pitching instructor)
- Guillaume Morin (Catching instructor)
- Please click here for the development staff bios
- Baseball support
- Dominik Walsh (Coach)
- Kevin Young (Catching instructor)
- Xavier Langlois (Assistant coach)
- Mathieu Tremblay (R&D)
- Olivier Leblanc
- Please click here for the baseball support bios
- Integrated Support team (Specialists)
- Camille Jutras (Physical trainer in sports performance)
- Eve Crepeau & Evelyne Deblock (Nutritionists)
- Lan-Anh Pham (Mental performance consultant)
- Lea Thibault (Athletic therapist)
- Adam Borghol (Osteopath)
- Maxime Chevrier (Neuropsychologist)
- Dr. Benjamin Leger (Orthopedic Surgeon)
- Fabian Alberto Romeo Clavijo (Institut National du Sport - INS)
- Giorgio Varesco & Guido Simonelli (Sleep specialists)
