BRAVES HISTORY
Braves Baseball is an independent,full-time travel baseball organization founded in 2000 with a team of13 year olds formerly known as the Lake County Chiefs. Over the ensuingyears, the program gained national recognition with back-to-back 50+win seasons featuring several prominent tournament championships and atop 10 national ranking. The Braves expect to achieve similar levels ofbaseball excellence with the current roster of teams at the 11, 12, 13,14, 15 & 16 year-old levels. Over the years, players representingseveral northern communities of Chicago, including Northbrook,Glenview, Glencoe, Evanston, Winnetka, Deerfield, Lake Forest,Lincolnshire, Wilmette and Highland Park have helped establish theseteams while representing the village of Highwood. The Braves' coachingstaff is experienced, deep and largely independent. Their dedication toplayer development can be witnessed on a year-round basis. Goingforward, it's the goal of the organization to field teams at every agelevel that are supported by indoor and outdoor facility acquisitions aswell as financially from alumni and corporate sponsors.

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BRAVES PHILOSOPHY
Our philosophy is a simple buteffective one. We do not waste time or energy worrying about whether wewin or lose. We concentrate on preparing ourselves to become the verybest athletes we can be --- both mentally and physically. We focus onthe little things with intensity, integrity and desire. As a result, welook to gain an edge over our opponents in every possible manner: instrength, in technique, in conditioning, in mental toughness. When wedo this, we feel so confident that we expect to win. At the same time,the coaching philosophy is built on the premise that as coaches andparents we can teach more than just baseball. Through baseball we cantry to help instill a sense of self-responsibility, compassion forothers, and sportsmanship in victory as well as defeat. The primarygoal is to develop young boys into "class" athletes on and off theplaying field. Our accomplishments on the field are well documented.Off the field, our efforts to assist the homeless, working with lessprivileged inner city kids and conducting baseball clinics for localcommunities provide another avenue for personal growth that each playerwill carry beyond their baseball playing days.

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