Tiger Town Lakeland, Florida
Nike Baseball Camps offer athletes a variety of options to choose from when considering the best possible location. Depending on the camp and its unique schedule, our campers can spend the entire week at one of our many locations nationwide.
Directing this NIKE Baseball Camp at Tiger Town is Head Baseball Coach at Southeastern University, Jason Beck.
Highlights Include
- Professional instruction from college coaches and college-aged instructors
- 10:1 camper/staff ratio
- Multi-level ability grouping
- Discussion topics: preparing for college baseball and personal goal setting
- Nike Camp T-shirt, Lanyard and Nike Prizes
Tiger Town is the regular season home of the Lakeland Flying Tigers, the Class A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers who have been training in Lakeland since 1934 and have been playing in Joker Marchant Stadium since 1966. In those many years Tiger Town has evolved into a complete training complex that includes the ballpark, other training fields, dorm, training facilities and team clubhouses.
Joker Marchant Stadium is located on a dynamic complex known as, "Tiger Town." Tiger Town has been the home of the Detroit Tigers since 1953. Also on-site is a three-story dormitory, which provides housing for 190 players and coaches. The building was dedicated in 1971, and named in honor of the late John Fetzer, former owner and president of the Detroit Tigers.
Recently, the building has undergone a number of renovations to improve the living quality for players and coaches. An administrative building, cafeteria, and recreation hall are also on the facility. Campers train and live at Tiger Town staying in the Tiger Town Dorms, located on site!
Camp Director
Jason Beck
Head Coach Jason Beck came to Southeastern in August 2004 and will enter his eighth season as the head coach of the Southeastern baseball program in 2012.
The 2011 season was truly historic for Beck and the Fire. Beck won his 400th career game versus Edward Waters College, on February 19th, in Lakeland.
The Fire also set a school record with a 16-game home winning streak in 2011, which helped them make their first ever appearance in the NAIA National Rankings. The Fire jumped into the national polls at No. 23 in late March, before moving up two spots to No. 21, where they stayed for the next three weeks.
In just their second season in The Sun Conference, SEU posted a 15-12 conference record, and earned the program’s first spot in the conference tournament. The Fire was the tournament’s No. 3 seed overall, and was eventually eliminated from the tournament by Embry-Riddle University, who was ranked No. 1 in the nation at the time.
Southeastern then made even more school history, by winning the NCCAA D-I South Region Tournament. It was the program’s first division one South Region title, and SEU went onto earn the No. 1 overall seed in the NCCAA D-I National Tournament. Southeastern finished ranked No. 3 in the nation for the second consecutive season, and ended the year with a 43-20-1 mark.
Beck now has a career record of 438-268-1, and in seven seasons with the Fire has a 305-146-1 record. He also has six 40 win seasons in seven years at Southeastern.
FIRST AND LAST DAY OF CAMP
The first and last day of camp for Overnight Camps start mid-afternoon and end mid- afternoon. Check in usually takes place after 1 p.m. on Check-in day. Check-out takes place just prior to lunch or after lunch on the last day (depending on the location).
OVERNIGHT CAMPS
A full baseball and living experience. Immerse yourself in baseball and new friends off and on the field. Depending on the location choose from General All Skills Camp to High School programs. Live, eat, breathe and sleep baseball!
EXTENDED DAY AND DAY AND CAMPS
Extended day (9:00am - 9:00pm daily) option includes lunch, dinner.
Full day runs from 9:00 to 3:00 daily and includes dinner on the first day and lunch every day thereafter.
Whichever program you do decide on, each Nike Baseball Camp staff member is ready to work with you and provide the best possible baseball experience while you train and strive to be a better baseball player.
Sample Daily Schedule
- 7:00 a.m. Wake-up, breakfast (Overnight Campers)
- 8:45 a.m. Arrival (Extended & Day Campers), stretching
- 9:00 a.m. Individual instruction and drill work
- 11:30 a.m. Lunch, free time
- 1:00 p.m. Fundamental instruction and drills, position play
- 3:00 p.m. Day Campers Depart
- 4:30 p.m. Free time, relax, visit with friends
- 5:00 p.m. Dinner
- 6:15 p.m. Chalk talks
- 8:30 p.m. Evening activities
- 9:00 p.m. Extended Day Campers Depart
- 10:00 p.m. Lights Out!
Check In:
Sunday, 1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
(Day and Extended Campers will depart that evening at 9:00 p.m. after Baseball, dinner and orientation)
Check Out:
Graduation is at 12:00 p.m. - Departure is by 12:30 p.m.
Genuine, Knowledgeable Coaches
"My coach surpassed my expectations as a coach and as a person. He is very genuine and knowledgeable about the sport of baseball.
Better Appreciation for the Game
"They helped my son to appreciate the game of baseball on and off the field. I would highly recommend this camp to other ball players. I look forward to my son attending the camp next year with his little brother."
Parent
We Have Three Boys And Will Definitely Be Returning!
"My child was one of the younger kids and we were SO impressed with the way the instructors encouraged them and also encouraged the older kids to show good sportsmanship toward the younger ones. The camp was WONDERFUL. We are locals but I can't imagine sending my son to any other big campus camp that would measure up to this one! We have three young boys and will definitely be returning customers!!!"