About Us
DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE!
Shawn Barton Baseball School is dedicated to teaching the DEFENSIVE side of baseball by instilling rock solid defensive fundamentals. Our objective is to offer hi-level instruction through small-group, position-specific instructional sessions partnered with dedicated skills and drill nights. All sessions are led by former Major Leaguer Shawn Barton, so when you enroll, expect an all-out effort to help improve your defensive game. The success Shawn achieved as a baseball player was driven by a commitment and dedication to each aspect of the game. Additionally, his personal philosophies as a leader, mentor, and his respect of his peers and coaches elevated his “give it your all” approach by which many players today are measured. Rest assured, when you enroll, you can expect an all-out effort to help improve your defensive game.
There are three points to a baseball game-Pitching, Defense, and Offense. The old saying goes “You win with pitching and defense”, so why do we as coaches and players focus on just two of the three parts of the game? The defensive side of the game is always the forgotten part when it comes to training and improving your overall game. Why? Because it’s hard. It’s hard to find field access, fungo hitters, catch partners, and someone who actually knows how to instruct and teach the defensive fundamentals. There will be a combination of 5 machines for each position including fly balls for outfield work, hundreds of fresh baseballs and buckets to allow each player to receive the most reps possible. The goal is to work the routine plays as well as the more difficult plays from side to side and that shallow pop up to the outfield. The drills and skills are designed to receive the ball with limited throwing to bases but we still focus on the footwork needed to execute the plays. Towards the end of each session we will give the player a chance to execute what they learned by going live with all throws to bases.
We take the hard part out of learning to play defense because we have field access, machines, catch partners, and the best instructor, Shawn Barton. All you need to do is show up with a glove and a hard working attitude, and we take care of everything else.