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It’s with deep sadness that I announce the relocation of Total Baseball to the Fort Collins / Loveland, Colorado area at the end of October, 2024.  This move has been in the works for a few years now but the finality is here. It’s been nearly 25 years since you began entrusting the baseball development of your kids to us, something we never took lightly.  Some players continued playing into college and the professional ranks.  Others finished out their high school career and have become well respected and responsible young citizens.  In fact, some of those same people have begun to trickle back in with their own children!!  Holy cow!!  The stories we have could fill an encyclopedia series from A to Z!!!  God has blessed me in my life to do what I truly love to do!!!  Not many people can say they love going to work every day!!

My biggest hope is that I treated each and every player with the same amount of energy, love and respect that I would have wanted to be treated with myself, regardless of their ability.  I hope I helped create better young men and women first and players second.  There’s nothing better than hearing the children’s life stories.  I believe there is a teaching moment in every situation, one of the many reasons I named my company Total Baseball.

I loved the challenge of finding new ways to teach the basic fundamentals.  Without those, it’s almost impossible to advance to the next level.  I’m not sure who said it but “Great players do the basic things well!”  I’ve tried hard to maintain that philosophy.  Get those right, we’ll move on the next thing and the next thing and…..

So thank you for 25 years of your business and loyalty. I pray that the future keeps everyone safe, healthy and playing this great game.

To the people of northern Colorado area, I say hello and I look forward to continuing to offer that same dedicated service.  I love working with players of any age but especially those from 5-14.  It’s the age where we have to create a solid foundation to work from.  Want to pitch, first learn how to throw.  Want to learn how to catch ground balls, first develop better hands and feet.  Develop your posture at the plate.  Play catch with your parents every day if you can. Great things will happen with that kind of dedication.

I utilize a state of the art video review system.  Every swing, pitch or ground ball is filmed and played in a continuous playback similar to tape delay.  In doing so, you can execute a repetition and then watch that rep while you get ready for the next one. Spin rates, exit velocity and bat speeds are recorded and displayed. I also utilize a video pitching system for hitting whereby a video of age appropriate pitchers are shown on a 10′ screen.  The video displays a pitcher going through his delivery.  At release, a machine will throw different types of pitches, fastballs to sinkers, change-ups to curve balls and sliders. It’s an ideal tool for players of all ages and abilities.

My new facility will be located on the Fort Collins / Loveland line.  It’s currently in the renovation process and I hope to be open by November 1.  Stay tuned here for updates as I will keep you posted.  Feel free to email or call us at (970) 580-8601 for more information.
Todd Buczek
Owner / Instructor

“He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”
Yogi Berra
“I don’t get upset over things I can’t control, because if I can’t control them there’s no use in getting upset. And I don’t get upset over the things I can control because if I can control them there’s no use in getting upset.”
Mickey Rivers
“I’m never satisfied. I can’t stand satisfaction. To me greatness comes from that quest for perfection.”
Mike Schmidt
“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.”
Rogers Hornsby
“Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.”
Babe Ruth
“Why does everyone stand up and sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ when they’re already there?”
Larry Anderson
“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”
Ted Williams
“The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up.”
Bob Uecker
“You don’t save pitchers for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.”
Leo Durocher
“A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.”
Warl Wilson
“Winners make goals, losers make excuses.”
Anonymous
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”
Earl Weaver
“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.”
Unknown
“When you play this game 20 years, go to bat 10,000 times, and get 3,000 hits, you know what that means? You’ve gone 0 for 7,000.”
Pete Rose
“Well, boys, it’s a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square.”
Joe Schultz
“To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback.”
Steve Hovley
“Hated to bat against Don Drysdale. After he hit you he’d come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, ‘Do you want me to sign it?’”
Mickey Mantle
“They should move first base back one step to eliminate all those close plays.”
John Lowenstein
“All good balls to hit are strikes, though not all strikes are good balls to hit.”
Dave Winfield
“Sandy’s fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he was on his way to the mound.”
Jim Murray, on Sandy Koufax
“Any time you think you have the game conquered the game will turn around and punch you right in the nose.”
Mike Schmidt
“Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curveball straightened out.”
Joe Garagiola
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.”
Bob Feller
“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.”
Jackie Robinson
“Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off… The right pitch will come, but when it does, be prepared to run the bases.”
Rick Maksian
“The only way to prove you’re a good sport is to lose.”
Ernie Banks
“You observe a lot by watching.”
Yogi Berra
“You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.”
Satchel Paige
“Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.”
Warren Spahn
“Baseball is the only sport I know that when you’re on offense, the other team controls the ball.”
Ken Harrelson
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
Jackie Robinson
“Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.”
Toby Harrah
“Don’t forget to swing hard in case you hit the ball.”
Woodie Held
“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit.”
Sandy Koufax
“It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball’s wounds are self-inflicted.”
Bill Veeck
“A baseball park is the only place where a man’s wife doesn’t mind his getting excited over somebody else’s curves.”
Brendan Francis
“How can you think and hit at the same time?”
Yogi Berra

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PROCESS

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Location:
3379 North County Road 1
Loveland, CO 80538
(970) 580-8601

Todd Buczek
todd@tomorrowsplayer.com

Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday:  3-8 pm
Saturday:  8 am-3 pm
Sunday:  11 am-5 pm

All cage times are by appointment.  Please call to schedule your reservation prior to your arrival.  This will ensure that the batting cage is yours alone.

Team hours: by appointment