Facility:
The Ircandia Outdoor Training Center features three batting cages, four bullpen mounds and a practice hitting area with various hitting aids and tools.
The Outdoor Training Center is located immediately adjacent to Seaman Stadium down the right field line and a short walk from the Dawgs home dugout. It also backs upon the three large overhead doors that open into the Duvernay Fieldhouse. With the Outdoor Training Center, Seaman Stadium, Tourmaline Field and the Duvernay Fieldhouse, all teams within the Dawgs Academy can be practicing at the same time.
A highlight for those involved in creating the development model for the Dawgs Baseball Program is the opportunity to watch, all at the same time:
- The collegiate Dawgs playing a game at Seaman Stadium before another sell out crowd;
- Pitchers with the Dawgs Academy team throwing bullpens under the watchful eyes of Dawgs Pitching Coaches on the four outstanding mounds in the Outdoor Training Center;
- Dawgs hitters getting some work done with our hitting coaches in the three batting cages that comprise the Outdoor Training Center or the four in the Duvernay Fieldhouse; and
- Dawgs infielders working on double plays in the Duvernay Fieldhouse.
