Collegiate Prep
Minimum Standards for Success
Now there’s a one-of-a-kind program geared specifically to helping you learn what’s required, and how to exceed those standards in your game. The Complete Athlete Collegiate Prep program was specifically designed by former D1 coach Donnie Watson to demystify the criteria used by college-level coaches. The six-week program assesses each player, then trains and measures progress in five key areas of development including arm strength, defensive skills (by position), speed, pitching, and offensive skills (much more than batting avg.). It’s a higher level of training for next-level players.
What Is Covered During The Collegiate Prep Sessions?
All participants in the Complete Athlete Collegiate Prep receive a detailed review of the four performance absolutes model:
- Biomechanics of Pitching/Throwing
- Functional Strength and Conditioning
- Mental and Emotional Competence
- Nutritional Requirements and Performance Recovery Protocols
- Multiple on-field throwing sessions that include Complete Athlete certified drills and individual bullpen work
- Individual assessment of each participants pitching/throwing mechanics and current functional strength
- An improvement plan that identifies development priorities with appropriate supporting strength and conditioning exercises, as well as throwing drills
- Offense-intensive training including hitting training & evaluation, plus on-base instruction, training and speed testing.
- Defensive assessment, position training and throwing/fielding
- Pitching assessment & training, bullpen management & Prep-U starter/reliever weekly regimen instruction
Following the essential training elements for understanding and improving your skills, CA staff will help you test, benchmark and establish a goal set for showcasing your talents in camps, individual evaluations and tryouts. The one-of-a-kind Collegiate Prep isn’t a one-shot deal designed to provide some playing time and a push. Climbing the pyramid to the highest levels of this sport takes a lot more than heaping a bunch of lessons on top of a hefty select season. That isn’t the route to achievement.
If you want collegiate-level training, testing and performance, CA will get your head and body ready to bring your best in reaching your playing (and playing level) goals. The Collegiate Prep program is spread into six sessions, and is meant to compliment summer playing seasons and typical vacation/holiday timeframes.
| Date | Advanced Sessions | Times |
|---|---|---|
| June 06-09 | CA Symposium Classroom, Strength Training & On-Field Testing Sessions and Drills Review* 12 hours. spaceword |
9a – 12p |
| June 13-16 | Position-specific Advanced Defensive Drills & Testing; Speed & Agility Training & Testing; Pitcher’s Prep Rotation Training; Offensive Drills, Training & Assessment 12 hours. spaceword |
9a – 12p |
| June 27-30 | WEEK 3 PROGRESSION – 12 hours. spaceword |
9a – 12p |
| July 11-14 | WEEK 4 PROGRESSION– 12 hours. spaceword |
9a – 12p |
| July 18-21 | WEEK 5 PROGRESSION– 12 hours. spaceword |
9a – 12p |
| Aug 01-04 | Final Training & Testing– 12 hours. | 9a – 12p |
Don’t confuse Collegiate Prep with any camp or select program you’ve seen.
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If parents listen long enough, they’ll hear the entire litany of promises and hype put forth by select organizations, showcase organizers and private instructors promoting their programs and their ability to get players in front of the right “eyes.” More often, it’s a recipe for disaster as grueling game schedules, overuse, competitive pressures, misguided coaching and no-guarantees-instruction yields very little in improving the players’ skills or understanding of the game. Point of fact, it burns many players out before they can even sniff their potential.
"Donnie is a great pitching coach and a great leader. I know from personal experience that any young pitcher that is focused on being their best will benefit from working with Donnie." - Nolan Ryan
About Donnie Watson
Donnie Watson is a successful coach, teacher, recruiter and director of player and program development. During the past 30 years he has coached at both the high school and collegiate levels including 16 years as an assistant and NCAA Division I head baseball coach. Donnie has worked with thousands of aspiring baseball players and is known as a one of the nation’s foremost authorities for teaching science based throwing mechanics and functional strength regimens for success. He has a long line of testimonials to attest to his unique ability to instruct, inform and inspire players, parents and coaches to move past the personal constraints of outdated teaching that exist in today’s playing environment.
How to Register
ONLY second semester Three-Week program spots remain open. Complete your payment to reserve your spot.
