This year’s off-season pitching program for high school and middle school athletes is scheduled to begin in early November and end at the end of February prior to the start of high school tryouts .
All athletes are tied to designated time slots after registration which are allocated on a first-come first-serve basis (subject to appropriate “age” groupings). You can participate in two ways:
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- Pitching Only *** NEW ***
- Combined Pitching and Strength Program
Pitching Program
Within the Pitching Program, there are two options, throwing 1x or 2x per week.
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- Pitching Only – Program begins in early December with a ramp up.
- Combined Pitching and Strength Program – Program begins with the lifting portion in November. The pitching portion begins in early December with a ramp up. In this program, once pitching begins, we always pitch before strength training.
Players meet at the same pre-designated time slot throughout the program (in groups of up to 2 pitchers per coach). Please note that groups are based on age and physical maturity and capability. Similar to last year, we plan to finish the program with LIVE at bats.
Pitching program includes a comprehensive initial mechanical analysis to identify disconnects. Older athletes in the more advanced strength program also receive throwing programs to go with their bullpen sessions.
For additional details on the pitching program click here.
Strength Training Program
Please note that as summarized below the strength portion of the program differentiates between “ages 13-16” and “16 and older”. If you are 13-16 and have never trained at RPP before, you should enroll in the younger group which trains 2x per week. On the other hand, if you are 16 years old with prior RPP training experience, your participation in this program requires pre-approval by RPP strength coaches (please contact the front desk for details). All 17 year olds can enroll in the older age group.
Ages 13-16:
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- Designated time slots
- 2x per week
- Up to 6 athletes per strength coach
- Upon request we can provide a third day of programming, that you can do on your own at a gym near you with appropriate supervision.
16 and older:
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- Pre-approval required
- Designated time slots
- Up to 5x per week with a more individualized “monthly” program, which is subject to pre-qualification as follows (17+ automatically qualify):
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- At least 16 years old
- Prior weight room experience, preferably at RPP
- Physically mature
- Be able to handle yourself around the weight room
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General Policies
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- No makeups and no rescheduling (if you can’t attend a session please simply attend the next one)
- No refunds under any circumstances
- SNOW Days:
- Given that our schedule is completely full, if we have to close due to a snow storm there will be no makeups
- There will NO refunds or credits for snow days
- No sessions during Thanksgiving weekend (Thursday – Sunday)
- No sessions during year-end holidays
RPP Payment Plan
RPP offers a monthly payment plan for many of our services to spread the cost associated with any specific program over several months. These monthly payments are provided as a courtesy to our clients. They are not a “monthly fee” for access to the gym. The monthly payments represent the cost of the specific program you have signed up for spread out over several months.
Therefore, when you commit to a specific program, you also commit to make all the monthly payments associated with that program. To the extent you can’t complete the program for any reason (including an injury), once all the payments have been made and the program has been paid for in full, RPP will issue a credit (not a refund) for the period you couldn’t participate, so long as you have communicated with us in writing via email.
If you have an injury, any credit towards your account will be issued from the date an email has been received by the front desk at frontdesk@rocklandpeakperformance.com. We must receive an email as a record. To the extent you can continue with parts of the program, then partial credits can also be issued.
You Have Questions?
Frequently Asked Questions (click here)
Registrations
13 – 16 year olds (training options on the form)
- Pitching 2x / week
16 and older (pre-qualified, training options on the form)
- Pitching 2x / week