Advantages of Falcon Baseball
Fall Program
- Workout daily for 3-5 hours
- 8 weeks plus fall program August 10 - November 15
- Weight program specialized for pitchers and position players
- First game - second week of September
- 20-plus games with outside competition
- Intra-squad World Series
Spring Drills
- Begin January 10
- First game can be February 1
- Signing date - January 15
- Second week - Spring trip to Arizona
- Ends at World Series
Number of Games
- 100 total games - 20 fall / 80 spring
- Two schedules
Coaching / Instruction
- Individual instruction / Instructional League
- Instruction staff of four
- Pro Advantage - video taping
- 30 years of professional experience
- 65 years of college experience
Equipment / Facilities
- Complete indoor facilities, four batting cages and pitching machines
- Weight room and fitness room
- Four-plus indoor mounds
- Two fields with lights, with professionally prepared and cared for surfaces
- Full infield tarp
- Professional inning-by-inning scoreboard
- College program for equipment and four sets of game uniforms
- Triple batting cages between fields - covers and with lights
Coaches' Philosophy
- Pro-like atmosphere
- Development - not win at all costs
- Strong work ethic emphasized
Financial Aid
- Academic scholarships
- Athletic scholarships
- Low-cost housing
- Work-study program
- FFA program
- Foundation scholarships
Tradition
- Reputation of IHCC is second to none
- Alumni Association
- Accomplishments - World Series trips
- At least one IHCC alum has played in the major leagues every year since 1974.
Academics
- Fully accredited, transferable classes
- Quarter terms, semester hours
- Small teacher/student ratios - family-type atmosphere
- Success Center
- 4-day academic week
- Outstanding instruction staff - professional and available
Exposure
- Professional - more players drafted or signed than any other Midwest institution
- Scout Day, All-Star game, World Series appearances
- Presently, IHCC has 20 players playing professional baseball - three at the major league level and 11 minor league players
Town of Centerville
- Small, rural, farm community - few distractions
- Strong Booster Club and local business support
- Outstanding instructional staff and administration support
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