• We've added a Library section to the Bombers' website. Each week, we will add articles or videos addressing important topics concerning baseball and life. This week, we added the beginning of a series, Mental Toughness Training Manual for Baseball Players-Basic Principles written by John Lefkowitz, Ph.D. and David R. McDuff, M.D. Please make sure your son reads these posts and have a dialogue with him about the various topics addressed.
• Mental Toughness Training-What is it?
• Building Confidence
• Thinking Like a Winner

We are pleased to announce that On-Deck Baseball, Hatboro, PA, will provide training support for the New Hope Bombers AAU baseball program. On-Deck will conduct approximately 1/2 of all Bombers' practice and provide practice planning support for the Bombers coaching staff. On-Deck will also serve as the indoor training base for the Bombers.

On-Deck Baseball is owned and operated by Con Aquilante, a fixture of Mid-Atlantic coaching and training circles. He takes a holistic approach to teaching and training, focusing equally on baseball skill development, athletic enhancement, academic enrichment and character development through his "Life Management Strategies" curriculum. Coach Aquilante also runs the Philadelphia Angels baseball program. This is a summer and fall team of high school aged boysthat plays in the Marzano Scout league in the summer and the USABL league in the fall. To date, 100% of his players have gone on to play at the college level.

On Deck offers camps, lessons and cage rentals for individuals and teams. Coach Aquilante also provides consulting for parents of student athletes at all levels as well as college recruiting consulting. His program has worked with over 300 families guiding them through the college selection process; placing kids into 229 different colleges and universities. He can be reached at (610) 564-0676 or con@ondeckbb.com.