PREMIER BASEBALL
Illinois Premier is one of the top baseball development programs for 8U-18U in the midwest. With 2 locations, Premier offers playing and development opportunities for all current and future players.
With Illinois Premier the goal is to create a unifying culture of teamwork and mentorship between the staff, instructors, coaches, parents, and the players. As an organization, we want to enrich each athlete’s love of the game and build strong character and sportsmanship to grow on and off the field.
Great instruction leads to great team and individual development. It is imperative for the growth of a young athlete to be surrounded by positive, encouraging, high character leaders who understand that Illinois Premier represents much more than a baseball experience.
PLAYING OPPORTUNITIES
Illinois Premier has 2 locations to cover different geographical areas in Illinois. Illinois Premier offers top of the line facilities and professional training staff at all locations. Player development is our motivation and all players will get opportunities to play, grow, and succeed.
Illinois Premier is based out of the Quarry Fieldhouse in Romeoville, IL. This is a 33,000 square foot facility with infield space, high ceilings, cages, mounds and more.
Illinois Premier West is based out of the Midwest Sports Training facility in West Chicago, IL. This 21,000 square foot facility has 10 retractable cages, infield space, mounds, a workout area, and more.
TEAM & INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT
The development of the student-athletes as people will be first and foremost. The baseball environment will be a fun and enjoyable experience. Life-long skills are gained through participating in baseball. Players and coaches will learn to handle adversity, success, set goals, make sacrifices, understanding role on team, loyalty to the team/program, perseverance, responsibility, time management, positive attitude, and work collectively and individually to improve the team. These skills are just a tip of the iceberg that the players will experience in baseball and life.
Practice organization is critical to team development and success. We expect every player to arrive at baseball with a plan and ready to compete. Our daily goal is to be great today and better tomorrow. The coaches will help the players by stressing and teaching the importance of goal-setting and organizing practices that will prepare the players for games. The thought will be 1% better each day!
Individual player development is data driven! At Illinois Premier we embrace the technological advances that aid individual development. Each player will be given the opportunity to participate in data metrics gathering in order to provide data driven feedback on performance and their overall development as a player.
Play the Game One Pitch at a Time! Controlling this will enable all the players to be successful. All the players will be expected to be prepared for every situation that arises on the field. In order to be prepared, we must only concern ourselves with the play at hand and understand what we have control over. The program will focus on process goals first and outcome goals second.
The PREMIER Bond
Understand that every time we practice or play a game we will do so with confidence! Each and every one of us will carry a positive attitude both on and off the field. Hard work and confidence at practice will translate into having fun during the game. We will play the game with a sense of toughness in that we will never play against another team or the scoreboard because we understand that the real opponent is ourselves. We will play the game in a manner that is selfless, and understand the meaning of, we before me.