Rawlings is the official bat, baseball and batting helmet for Baseball Canada’s National Team’s program and all National Championship tournaments. From Major League Baseball ballparks to neighborhood sandlots across the country, Rawlings is everywhere baseball is played. Since the company’s inception in 1887, Rawlings mission has always centered on enabling participation by developing and producing innovative, high-performance equipment and apparel for the professional player. Visit them at www.rawlings.com
Children, youth, and adults need to do the right things at the right time to develop as baseball players. Long-Term Development (LTD) describes what participants need to be doing at specific ages and stages of development.
The baseball Canada framework has 7 stages of development from developing the fundamentals of movement to playing professionally and recreationally and being active for life. Along the way, it addresses the physical, mental, emotional, and technical needs of the athlete.