Age Groups:
The Washington Nationals Summer Baseball Camp is designed for boys and girls (Rising K through Rising 8th) of all abilities to sharpen their skills, get the Big League experience, and have fun.
Generally, campers are organized by rising grade. Within each grade group, we balance skill levels to create a fun, safe, and developmentally appropriate baseball experience.
Curriculum:
At Washington Nationals Summer Baseball Camps, every camper experiences the excitement of a real MLB season, progressing from Spring Training all the way to a World Series-style finale. Through games, team competitions, and daily challenges, athletes grow their confidence, sharpen their skills, and most importantly—have fun. As part of the atmosphere, campers learn about Natitude, team culture, and big-league lingo. The result is an immersive baseball experience where every day builds toward honing deeper baseball joy.
For our youngest ballplayers, our focus is to create an enjoyable experience centered around the fundamentals of the game. Using competitions and fun-filled exercises, we aim to engage and excite them while also educating them on the wonderful game of baseball/softball.
As ballplayers progress beyond the beginner level, we look to reinforce the fundamentals while increasing the pace of drills. Our curriculum aims to use baseball/softball to teach lifelong lessons that will translate to any sport or hobby your child decides to pursue in life.
As our ballplayers transition to "player-pitch", our curriculum focuses on proper pitching mechanics, early pitch recognition and good mechanics in the batter box to see the pitch out.
For our more mature ballplayers, we look to speed up the game. We increase the pace of play with unique, modified versions of the game – making it more exciting to keep ballplayers engaged from the first pitch to last pitch.
As our oldest ballplayers progress through the game, our coaching staff works to connect your child's passions with their desire to improve specific areas of their game or aspirations to master the intricacies of a new position on the field.
SKILL LEVELS
This year we are introducing skill levels to help us create a better experience for your camper(s) to feel challenged and develop their skills! This way, we can ensure all ballplayers are having fun and enjoying the level of baseball & softball they are playing.
Starting with Beginner level, these would be our ballplayers that have little to no experience with the sport. If they have started playing within the last year and are still developing their skills, this would be the perfect level for them! As long as they share our love of the game, our coaches will be able to focus on the fundamentals and develop their basic skills.
Next, with our Intermediate level, these ballplayers have the fundamentals down and need additional help taking their game to the next level. This curriculum will be a little faster paced and will focus on developing additional skillsets that will help them take the next step in improving their skills and baseball IQ.
Finally with our Advanced level, these are ballplayer’s that have participated in Travel Ball or have been playing the sport for several years. They understand what skills they would like to develop, and our curriculum will focus on helping them develop those specific skills. It will be a fast-paced curriculum, focused a lot more on gameplay scenarios.
“My son had an amazing experience. Not only did he learn new skills, but he had fun. He left camp with a renewed commitment to become a better baseball player and teammate.”
