What is the Development Academy?

The Cleburne Eagles operate and are developed around an academy institute model,and play under the RDB  Academy Institution school -Regional Development Baseball monikor league.

Following a compenhensive review of elite player development in the United States, the development academy offers education,resources and support to impact everyday academy environments that will develop world-class players.

The academy's programming philosophy is based on increased training, less total games and competitive games.

The academy also connects national professional coaches directly with academy clubs to develop and identify players and coaches for future opportunities.

Each academy club is evaluated at least (6) times each year, and each academy club receives at minimum (2) formal evaluations that provide feedback in 10 categories each year.

Lab 1 Classroom coaching education departments works closely with the development academy clubs to ensure all technical staff meet the minimum requirements set by the development academy.

The academy is also focused on identifying and developing elite umpires, and other game support staff.