Has anyone heard of or know anything about this?
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Date: 11/26/2012 12:01AM CST - For Immediate Release:
Eagle Golf Management and Lewisville Lake Park Executive Golf Course are set to announce the Grand Opening of the Lake Park Youth Baseball and Softball Training Academy.
As Lake Park Executive Golf Course General Manager, Casey Mackey, stated "A baseball/softball youth player development program like this has been long overdue". "The days of playing and practicing hour after hour in order master your craft are over. Today's players who strive to reach the elite levels must develop the mechanics of their trade earlier and better than the next guy. With the high participation and talent levels in all of today's youth sports, playing on the high school varsity team with thoughts of a potential college scholarship is becomeing more and more difficult. Proper technique is the key to gaining the edge over your competition."
Mackey, a former PGA Tour professional knows first hand how critical fundamental skill development is for the young golfer. From his early days as a youth player on the amateur golf circuit playing against players like Tiger Woods, to his current position as the General Manager of Lake Park's multitude of courses, Casey Mackey has seen many young golfers develop into some of the top golfers in the world through skill specific training.
As a boy, Mackey played and dearly loved the game of basebll. With his lifelong love of baseball and his years of experience in seeing skill specific training techniques transform the average athlete into the elite player, Casey Mackey has assembled a staff of baseball instructors with over 45 years of playing and coaching experience. He has partnered that experience and knowledge of baseball with his top notch golf training staff, to form the Lake Park Youth Baseball and Softball Academy.
The academy will focus on skill specfic fundamentals designed for the male and female youth player 14 years of age and younger. In addition to the skills training, with off-season programs that include everything from speed, agility and flexibility training to nutrition, hydration and the proper body chemical composition, Lake Park's academy will provide the developing student with cutting edge training that goes beyond X's and O's. The students will learn how to keep their athletic machine performing at the optimum level.
The academy will also utilize many state of the art training techinques including Bio-Mechanical Sequencing through LPH Video Analysis Software. Players will learn mind discipline and body control through rythmic breathing and the visualtion of projected athletic performance. Mackey believes that within five years, this program has the ability to dramatically change athletic training in youth sports."
"Skill specific development at the early stages of an athletic career gives the athlete the critical foundation on which to build their future". A.D. Hayes - long time old Texas league baseball player and coach
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Says to visit the Lake Park website but there have been no updates. ??
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