Baseball
FOUNDATIONS · AGES 5-8 · EATONTOWN, NJ
LAUNCH Foundations
Where movement, coordination, and a love for the game get built, alongside baseball skill and baseball IQ, for athletes ages 5 to 8. House league games bring the competition into the picture from day one.
Program overview
Built on three things, together.
Focus, effort, handling a tough at-bat, being a good teammate: these get built alongside the baseball, from day one.
Motor Development
Coordination, balance, body control.
Athletic Development
Speed, agility, movement quality.
Baseball Skills
Throwing, hitting, fielding, and baseball IQ, sharpened through house league games.
How athletes are grouped
Monday and Tuesday training is one combined group for all of Foundations. Saturday teams and games are grouped by age and skill level together, not age alone. If we believe an athlete would benefit from a different group, we'll discuss it with your family before making any adjustments.
How the year works
LAUNCH stays open all year.
Foundations trains every Monday and Tuesday, all year, with no season where training stops. Saturday frequency shifts with the season: twice a month in season, every week once training moves back indoors. One flat monthly rate covers the whole year, so the price and the commitment stay the same no matter what the season looks like.
Tuesday and Saturday move outdoors to Bucks Mill Park. Saturday is house league game day, twice a month.
Everything moves back indoors at LAUNCH. Saturday becomes a bonus practice session, every week.
House league games
Where training gets applied.
Starting in April, Saturdays include games at Bucks Mill Park, on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. Games are where the week's training gets applied on the field, extending what happens in practice.
Play 9:00am – 10:15am
Play 10:30am – 11:45am, same field
Opens with a skills portion before the games begin
If an outdoor session gets cancelled, training moves indoors to LAUNCH for that day
What a week looks like
Skill-focused work: throwing mechanics, hitting fundamentals, fielding, and the coordination work that supports all of it.
Applying skills in game situations. This is where baseball IQ gets built: reading plays, situational awareness, and on-field decision-making.
A skills warm-up, then either bonus practice (winter) or house league games (April through mid-October).
Coaching
Every session maintains at least a 6:1 athlete-to-coach ratio, combining staff and trained volunteers. That's our floor. Coaches build the whole athlete: baseball mechanics, movement, focus, effort, and how an athlete handles a tough moment, all coached together.
Uniforms
Every athlete gets a new team shirt each fall, timed to when baseball age groups officially update (Labor Day weekend). Shirt color is set by age:
Indoors, athletic clothes are fine. Outdoors, baseball pants are required for practice and game days, and any other day marked as an outdoor day, unless we note otherwise.
Program investment
- Monday and Tuesday training all year, plus Saturdays (schedule varies by season)
- House league games in season (April – mid-October)
- A new team shirt each fall
- Player Development Dashboard Available | GameChanger App Scheudling / Commmunication
- One flat price, no separate seasonal fees
Foundations is capped at 10 athletes per age, 5 through 8. A 3, 6, or 12-month term holds your athlete's spot for that time, so they keep a consistent group and coach all season.
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- Arrival
- 5-10 minutes early
- Equipment
- Glove, bat, helmet, clean turf shoes or sneakers (no metal cleats), water bottle
- Pick-Up
- Monday 5:30pm · Tuesday 6:00pm · Saturday 11:00am (winter) or 10:15am/11:45am by age group (in season)
- Communication
- Updates shared through email & GameChanger
- Enrollment
- Sign up anytime. Training starts immediately. House league game participation begins at the next scheduled game day.
Where Foundations leads
The habits built here carry directly into LAUNCH Jr. Performance (ages 9-13). Most athletes stay in Foundations through age 8, moving up based on where their development is.
Not sure if this is the right fit yet?
Start with a free trial session.
A full training session, plus a coach's read on how your athlete moves, catches, throws, and focuses. No cost, by appointment.