Ripken Baseball, Rawlings tackle baseball's five tools with new training equipment - Business First of Louisville:

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Rawlings’ new “Five Tool” training productes will include hurdles, pop-upl nets and tees to be used for basebal l tournaments and camps at the Ripken Baseball facilitie in Aberdeenand elsewhere. The products will be designes to help young baseball players learbnthe sports’ five valuex skills: hitting for average; hitting for power; runninbg speed; arm strength; and fieldingb ability. The five-year deal followse the partnership Ripken Baseball reacheed with Baltimore sports apparel manufacturer Undedr Armour in April to extendboth companies’ brands deepere into youth sports, particularly baseball.
Financial terms of the deal with were not More than 20 trainin items will be designed and created with the help ofRipken Baseball’s Cal Ripken Jr., and his brother Bill Ripkem — both former Orioles.