Nolan Laurin from Dracut takes part in a Baseball IQ Fall League game
Reading, MA — This fall, Austin Prep Baseball brought a different approach to player development to the field with the inaugural season of a Baseball IQ League, a program designed to teach fifth- and sixth-grade baseball players how to understand the game beyond the fundamentals.
Led by Austin Prep Head Baseball Coach Jonathan Pollard and the Varsity coaching staff, the IQ League welcomed young players from beyond the Austin Prep community for a fall season on campus built around instruction, competition, and baseball intelligence.
While developing skills remained an important part of the program, the league placed an added emphasis on helping young athletes understand why they make certain decisions on the field.
“The greatest strength of this program was the players being able to slow the game down and strategize at an advanced level,” Pollard said.
