Enjoy all the benefits of a WebBall Team Player membership for less than $4 bucks a month. Sign on as a WebBall Team Player and all your training aids become more affordable with our 10% Savings on Products. Plus you'll have access to member-only content including Advanced Lesson Plans, plus Motion-Enhanced Content on every page marked like these > >
Player Animations
A short, low-res Quicktime
sample. Most animations
larger and in hi-res. If the
above doesn't.appear, please
read tips on QuickTime.
To help you break down the skills of pitching, fielding and more. Many pages are motion-enhanced with more being added all the time. Most player images throughout the site can be put 'In-Motion' using the free QuickTime Player plug-in available from Apple.com for both Windows and Mac users. Some features require the free Flash plug-in available from Macromedia.com.
QuickTime is available free for both Windows and Mac operating systems! The latest version supports almost all music and movie formats. It installs as an extension in your OS and a plug-in for your browser. The sliding bar lets you do stop-action analysis on the player motion - ideal for studying baseball mechanics. Some animations are available in different sizes and rendering styles. Download the latest version now.
FOR USERS OF OLD INTERNET EXPLORER ON WINDOWS: Apple has provided an ActiveX control but with upgrade to newer version of Quicktime, it should not be required.
In addition to the player animations,
your WebBall Team Player access includes...
Clinics & Drills
The Coverage Clinic... to see how fielding plays develop.
The Strategy Clinic... for how to score runs - and stop them.
3D Pitching Grips... versions of various grips and releases that you can check out from all angles.
New Lesson Series... member-only detailed instructional lesson plans
TeamWork Animated Drills... great for planning practices.
This example drill is 1/4 actual size. If it
doesn't appear, read the tips about
QuickTime installation above.
Interactive Communication
Priority Mail Response... The volume of email coming into WebBall gets heavy during peak season. Most often, the requests are for help you need right now! Email from registered Team Players will go to the top of the heap for the quickest response.
Your Comments Published... As a Team Player you have the added privilege of being able to add your insights to articles from our guest authors. This is a newly added service, and we considered it a privilege not a right. Only reasonable, worthwhile comments which follow the principles of good netiquette will remain up. Repeated misuse will result in suspension of service, non-refundable.
Purchase Discounts
Team Players also receive a 10% discount on all products from WebBall - gloves and bats, hitter and pitcher training products, coaching videos, software and books, plus! Your member price is posted throughout the Product Guide. If you are logged in it will show as your purchase price. Note: additional product/service offerings may also be exclusively for Team Players.
$39.50 or less per year
Here's what we've done to put WebBall in-motion...
Baseball Player actions are animated not video-generated. We've done it this way to reduce each skill to the essence of its mechanics.
The process begins with advanced motion-capture data - the same technique used for baseball video games, but modified according to our teaching principles.
This information is used to sequence the action using some of the latest 3-D computer software and web technology. Positions and timing are refined, rechecked against personal observation.
When that seems right, we ouput the resulting animation for the web in QuickTime format for both PC and Mac browsers.